Joshua wants to mix two different types of candy. Candy A costs $2.50 per pound and candy B costs $4.50 per pound. Ten pounds of the combined candy mixture cost $37.00.
a. How many pounds of Candy A are in the mixture?
b. How many pounds of Candy B are in the mixture?Here are the steps for solving this problem (with a little help from your teacher):1. What will you call x and y, the unknown values?
x = # pounds of Candy A, y = # pounds of Candy B
2. What are the two things being measured? Write an equation for each, using x and y in them. (you can do this!)
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Question

Joshua wants to mix two different types of candy.  Candy A costs $2.50 per pound and candy B costs $4.50 per pound.  Ten pounds of the combined candy mixture cost $37.00.
      a.  How many pounds of Candy A are in the mixture?
      b.  How many pounds of Candy B are in the mixture?Here are the steps for solving this problem (with a little help from your teacher):1. What will you call x and y, the unknown values?
  x = # pounds of Candy A, y = # pounds of Candy B
2. What are the two things being measured? Write an equation for each, using x and y in them. (you can do this!)
   EQ1- total