Question

Alex is making a candy that contains 75% white chocolate and the rest peppermint sticks. The candy has 3 pounds of peppermint sticks. Part A: Write an equation using one variable that can be used to find the total number of pounds of white chocolate and peppermint sticks in the candy. Define the variable used in the equation and solve the equation. Hint: 0.75x represents the number of pounds of white chocolate in the candy. (5 points) Part B: How many pounds of white chocolate are present in the candy? Show your work. (5 points)

Answer 1

Answer: So if you have an equation which you do that consist of % and If you dont understand % just look over the percent as you would decimals @ 7.09 The pounds of chocolate run at a very hight rate for such So @ 5.00 Is the pound the % would be half of the total

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