Question

Sean bought 1.8 pounds of gummy bears and 0.6 pounds of jelly beans and paid $10.26. He went back to the store the following week and bought 1.2 pounds of gummy bears and 1.5 pounds of jelly beans and paid $15.09. What is the price per pound of each type of candy?

Answer 1

Gummy bears $3.20/lbs

Jelly beans $7.50/lbs

Explanation:

For this we will substitute gummy bear price for "x" and jelly bean price for "y" which creates this system (also assuming there is no sales tax involved):

1.8x + 0.6y = 10.26

1.2x + 1.5y = 15.09

Then once solved, answers come out to be (x,y) = (16/5,15/2) which is (3.2,7.5)