Question

A candy company mixes chocolate and peanuts to create one of their signatureconfections. How many pounds of chocolate costing $12.59 per pound must bemixed with peanuts costing $4.29 per pound to create 75 pounds of mixture thatcosts $736.75? Let c represent the number of pounds of chocolate and p representthe number of pounds of peanuts.

Answer 1

You have to solve the following equation

12.59x + 4.29 y = 736.75

x + y = 75

After you solve the system of equations you would get

x = 50

y = 25

Using the terminology of your problem

c = 50

p = 25