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Juan visited a candy store and purchased 7 pounds of candy consisting of Atomic Fireballs and

Gummi Bears. Atomic Fireballs cost $4.25 per pound and Gummi Bears were on sale for $1.25 per
pound. Juan spent a total of $14.75, before taxes. Let x represent the number of pounds of Atomic
Fireballs and y represent the number of pounds of Gummi Bears Juan purchased. Which of the
following graphically represents this situation?

Juan visited a candy store and purchased 7 pounds of candy consisting of Atomic Fireballs-example-1
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Answer: it’s C on algebra nation

Step-by-step explanation: cus i did it

User Garrison Neely
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so
x+y=7 since total weight=7
cost=number of certain candy times cost per 1 of that candy

4.25x+1.25y=14.75

graph

y=-x+7
y=-3.4x+11.8

see attachmetn for graph
Juan visited a candy store and purchased 7 pounds of candy consisting of Atomic Fireballs-example-1
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