Problema Solution
A candy maker makes two sizes of candies. Using the smaller size, a full jar will contain 120 pieces of candy. Using the larger candies a jar will contain 80 pieces of candy. If a store has room for 15 jars and they want 1560 total pieces of candy, how many jars will contain smaller candies?
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Let 'x' represent the number of jars with smaller candies.
The means that the rest of the jars, '15 - x' are with larger candies.
120x + 80(15 - x) = 1560
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x = 9 jars contain smaller candies