a candy store sells boxes of candy containing caramels and cremes., each box sells for $12.50 and holds 30 pieces of candy [all same size]. if the caramels cost $.25 to make and cremes cost $ .45, how many of each should be in a box to make a profit of $3.00?

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anonymous · Answer

You will need 20 caramels and 10 cremes

anonymous · Answer

how did you calculate that? i had trouble setting up the problem

anonymous · Answer

Sorry i just now saw this, but umm i could not think of a proper algebraic solution so i just did trial and error. Sorry :(