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Chocolates costing $8 per pound are to be mixed with chocolates costing $3 per pound to make a 20 pound mixture. If

the mixture is to sell for $5 per pound, how many pounds of each chocolate should be used?
Which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem?
8x+3x+5(20)
8x+ 3(20) = 5(x+20)
8X+ 3/20 - ) = 5(20)

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Answer:

it should be 8x + 3(20 - x) = 5(20)

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