Question

Please help me with this.

Answer 1

By solving a system of equations, we will see that you must use 6.67 pounds of chocolate-covered almonds.

How to solve the system of equations?

First, we need to define the two variables:

• x = number of pounds of the $9.99 chocolate-covered almonds used.
• y = number of pounds of the $5.99 chocolate-covered raisins used.

If we mix that, we will get:

x*$9.99 + y*$5.99 = (x + y)*C

That equation means that the cost of the individual elements of the mixture, must be equal to the total cost of the mixture. Where C is the cost of each pound of the mixture, and we know that:

C = $8.75

y = 3

Replacing that, we get:

x*$9.99 + 3*$5.99 = (x + 3)*$8.75

Now we can solve that for x:

x*$9.99 - x*$8.75 = 3*$8.75 - 3*$5.99

x*$1.24 = $8.28

x = $8.28/$1.24 = 6.67

Then you must use 6.67 pounds of the chocolate-covered almonds.

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