I need the shortest solution (If you wanted to have helpful rating do it fast) Colin is making a 10-lb bag of trail mix for his upcoming backpacking trip. If chocolates cost $3.00 per pound and mixed nuts cost $8.00 per pound and Colin has a budget of $6.50 per pound of trail mix, how many pounds of each should he use?

I need the shortest solution (If you wanted to have helpful rating do it fast) Colin is making a 10-lb bag of trail mix for his upcoming backpacking trip. If chocolates cost $3.00 per pound and mixed nuts cost $8.00 per pound and Colin has a budget of $6.50 per pound of trail mix, how many pounds of each should he use?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

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