Question

Carla’s Candy Shop sells chocolate and peanut butter fudge by the pound. The

chocolate fudge costs $3.20 per pound and the peanut butter fudge costs $3.00
per pound. On a particular day, Carla’s Candy Shop sells 15.5 pounds of fudge for a
gross profit of $48.50.
How many pounds of peanut butter fudge did Carla’s Candy Shop sell?
How many pounds of chocolate fudge did Carla’s Candy Shop sell?

Answer 1

cf+pbf= 15.5
3.20cf+3pbf= 48.5

-3.2cf-3.2pbf= -49.6
3.2cf+3pbf= 48.5

-.2pbf= -1.1

pbf= 5.5 pounds of peanut butter fudge

cf + 5.5 = 15.5

cf= 10 pounds of chocolate fudge