Question 14 You have one type of chocolate that sells for $2.70/lb and another type of chocolate that You would like to have 36.9 lbs of a chocolate mixture that sells for $2.80/lb. How much will you need to obtain the desired mixture? You will need and < lbs of the cheaper chocolate Question Help: lbs of the expensive chocolate. Video Morr
Question 14 You have one type of chocolate that sells for $2.70/lb and another type of chocolate that You would like to have 36.9 lbs of a chocolate mixture that sells for $2.80/lb. How much will you need to obtain the desired mixture? You will need and < lbs of the cheaper chocolate Question Help: lbs of the expensive chocolate. Video Morr
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You have one type of chocolate that sells for $2.70/lb and another type of chocolate that sells for $6.80/lb.
You would like to have 36.9 lbs of a chocolate mixture that sells for $2.80/lb. How much of each chocolate
will you need to obtain the desired mixture?
You will need
and
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lbs of the cheaper chocolate
lbs of the expensive chocolate.
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You have one type of chocolate that sells for $2.70/lb and another type of chocolate that sells for $6.80/lb.
You would like to have 36.9 lbs of a chocolate mixture that sells for $2.80/lb. How much of each chocolate
will you need to obtain the desired mixture?
You will need
and
<
lbs of the cheaper chocolate
lbs of the expensive chocolate.
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