Candy selling at $6.00 per pound will be mixed with candy selling at $8.00 per pound. How many pounds of the more expensive candy are needed to produce a 15-pound mixture that sells for $7.00 pero pound?

Respuesta :

Answer:

7.5lbs of the more expensive mixture.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find this, note that the average of 6 and 8 is 7. Therefore, we know we need exactly half of both of them.