a club wants to mix 20 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 = ( 20 * 8 + 5 * w ) / ( 20 + w ) = > 120 + 6 w = 160 + 5 w = > w = 40 answer c
subtract(multiply(20, 8), multiply(6, 20))