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Margarita [4]
3 years ago
13

A candy store makes a 9-pound mixture of gummy candy, jelly beans, and hard candy. The cost of gummy candy is $2.00 per pound, j

elly beans cost $3.00 per pound, and hard candy costs $3.00 per pound. The mixture calls for two times as many gummy candy pieces as jelly beans. The total cost of the mixture is $23.00. How much of each ingredient did the store use?

Mathematics
2 answers:
Musya8 [376]3 years ago
8 0

Let

x--------> the amount of gummy candy in pounds

y--------> the amount of jelly beans in pounds

z-------->  the amount of hard candy in pounds

we know that

x+y+z=9 --------> equation 1

2x+3y+3z=23 --------> equation 2  

x=2y --------> equation 3  

Substitute equation 3 in equation 1 and equation 2

[2y]+y+z=9 -----> 3y+z=9 ------> equation 4

2[2y]+3y+3z=23 -----> 7y+3z=23 ------> equation 5  

using a graphing tool ------> Solve the system of equations

see the attached figure

the solution is the point (3,2)

z=3\ pounds\\y=2\ pounds

<u>Find the value of x</u>

x=2y

x=2*2=4\ pounds

therefore

<u>the answer is</u>

the amount of gummy candy is 4\ pounds

the amount of jelly beans is 2\ pounds

the amount of hard candy is 3\ pounds

SVETLANKA909090 [29]3 years ago
8 0
Let the amount of gummy candy used be x, that of jelly beans be y and that of hard copy be z, then
x + y + z = 9 . . . (1)
2x = y . . . (2)
2x + 3y + 3z = 23 . . . (3)

Putting (2) into (1) and (3) gives
x + 2x + z = 9
3x + z = 9 . . . (4)
2x + 3(2x) + 3z = 23
8x + 3z = 23 . . . (5)

(4) x 3 => 9x + 3z = 27 . . . (6)
(5) - (6) => -x = -4
x = 4

From (2), 2(4) = y
y = 8

From (1), 4 + 8 + z = 9
z = 9 - 12 = -3
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