a club wants to mix 10 pounds of candy worth $ 8.00 per pound with candy worth $ 5.00 per pound to reduce the cost of the mixture to $ 6.00 per pound . how many pounds of the $ 5.00 per pound candy should be used ?
"let number of pounds of 5 $ candy to be used be w 6 = ( 10 * 8 + 5 * w ) / ( 10 + w ) = > 60 + 6 w = 80 + 5 w = > w = 20 answer a"
subtract(multiply(10, 8.00), multiply(6.00, 10))