Problema Solution
a candy store wants to make a divine box of chocolates using milk chocolate and hazelnuts. they want to make a 6 pound box the sells for $5 per pound, hazelnuts sell for $6 per pound, and milk chocolate sells for $3 per pound. how many pounds of each must they mix to get the desired amount?
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let
h = lbs of hazelnuts
m = lbs of milk chocolate
they want to make a 6 pound box the sells for $5 per pound
h + m = 6
the cost of the hazelnuts + the cost of the milk chocolate =the total cost of 6 lbs box
6h + 3m = 6*5
by solving the above system of equations we find
h = 4 lbs
m = 2 lbs
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they must mix 4 pounds of hazelnuts and 2 pound of milk chocolate.