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A candy store sells a brand of nuts that costs $2 per pound and a brand of chocolate coated candies that costs $0.50 per pound. Select the equation that solves for x lb of nuts that must be mixed with 35 lb of the
chocolate coated candies in order to have a mixture that costs 1.49 per pound.​

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Answer:

[tex]1.49=2/x+0.014[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

The nuts cost $2 per pound

Chocolate coated candies costs $0.5 per pound.

We know that we want x lb of nuts mixed with 35lb of chocolate coated candies in order to have a mixture that costs $1.49 per pound.

We must write the equation in terms of $ per pounds.

[tex]1.49=2/x+0.5/35[/tex]

[tex]1.49=2/x+0.014[/tex]

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