Solve Mixture Applications with Systems of Equations · Exercise 18
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Twelve-year old Melody wants to sell bags of mixed candy at her lemonade stand. She will mix M&M’s that cost $4.89 per bag and Reese’s Pieces that cost $3.79 per bag to get a total of twenty-five bags of mixed candy. Melody wants the bags of mixed candy to cost her $4.23 a bag to make. How many bags of M&M’s and how many bags of Reese’s Pieces should she use?
OpenStax, Intermediate Algebra 2e · §4.3 Solve Mixture Applications with Systems of Equations · Exercise 18
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