Question

Susie is selling candy for a school fundraiser. She sells candy bars for $1.50 and packs of gum for $1.25. Her

goal is to raise $200. If she has 150 pieces of candy, how many packs of gum will she need to sell?

Answer 1

Answer:100 packs of gum

We take the gum that she have is X

we have the equation X x 1.25+ (150-X) x 1.5=200

=> x =100