Problema Solution
Sweets for the Sweet sell candy in large bins. Each bin normally contains one type of candy but a customer dumped the gumballs and mega jawbreakers bin. The sales clerk checks the sales records and knows the bin must contain 847 pieces of candy. He weighs the bin and finds it weighs 2851.9 grams. An individual gumball weighs 2.5 grams. An individual jawbreaker weighs 4.2 grams. How many of each type of candy are in the mixed up bin?
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Sweets for the Sweet sell candy in large bins. Each bin normally contains one type of candy but a customer dumped the gumballs and mega jawbreakers bin. 847 candies wt=2851.9
let x be the no of gumballs
no. of jawbreakers=847-x
(847-x)*4.2+x*2.5=2851.9
3557.4-4.2x+2.5x=2851.9
1.7x=705.5
x=415
847-x=432