Question

Kim is buying an equal number of ounces of gummy bears and chocolate drops for her friends. Kim has $10 to spend at the store. If gummy bears cost $0.50 per ounce and chocolate drops cost $0.75 per ounce, how many ounces of each type of candy can she buy?

Answer 1

she can buy 13.333 repeating ounces (13 as a full number) of chocolate drops or 20 ounces of gummy bears.

Explanation:

take the amount of money you have, $10 and divide that by the price per ounce $10÷.5=20

Answer 2

8 ounces

Explanation:

Imagine X is the number of ounces she can buy for each type

.5 (x) the gummy and .75 (x) the chocolage = 10

combine like terms.

1.25 (X) = 10

X = 8

.5 (8) + .75(8) = 10

4+ 6 = 10