a club wants to mix 30 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 = ( 30 * 8 + 5 * w ) / ( 30 + w ) = > 180 + 6 w = 240 + 5 w = > w = 60 answer d"
subtract(multiply(30, 8.00), multiply(6.00, 30))