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Thepotemich [5.8K]

4 years ago

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Chocolates costing $8 per pound are to be mixed with chocolates costing $3 per pound to make a 20 pound mixture. If the mixture

is to sell for $5 per pound, how many pounds of each chocolate should be used?
Which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem?

A. 8x + 3x = 5(20)
B. 8x + 3(20) = 5(x + 20)
C. 8x + 3(20 - x) = 5(20)

1 answer:

rewona [7]4 years ago

3 0

put the amount of $8 a pound chocolate as say it as x
As the total number of pounds is 20
so the amount of $3 a pound chocolate must be <span>20−x
so it will be</span>.
8x + 3(20 - x) = 5(20)
so correct option is C
hope it helps

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