ill give a medal . And its multiple choice.

Annika mixed red and blue color candies.

Annika bought 8 pounds of red color candies for $22.
The cost per pound for blue color candies is 48% more than the cost per pound red color candies.
Annika bought enough blue color candies that, when she mixed them with the red color candies, the mixture had a value of $3.21 per pound.
Approximately what percent of the mixture, by weight, was blue color candies?

47%

65%

28%

35%

Question

ill give a medal . And its multiple choice.

Annika mixed red and blue color candies.

Annika bought 8 pounds of red color candies for $22.
The cost per pound for blue color candies is 48% more than the cost per pound red color candies.
Annika bought enough blue color candies that, when she mixed them with the red color candies, the mixture had a value of $3.21 per pound.
Approximately what percent of the mixture, by weight, was blue color candies?

		
47%

		
65%

		
28%

		
35%

anonymous · Answer

what a drag of a word problem 
i am sure we can do it though

anonymous · Answer

8 pound for $22 what is the price per pound?

anonymous · Answer

2.75

anonymous · Answer

ok good now lets get the price of the blue candies.
what is 48% more than $2.75$ ?

anonymous · Answer

i dont know ??

anonymous · Answer

oh ok lets find that 
there are two ways to do it
one is to compute 48% of $2.75$ via $27.5\times .4$ and add it to $2.75$ or an easier method with a calculator is to multiply 
$$2.75\times 1.48$$

anonymous · Answer

lets multiply http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2.75*1.48

anonymous · Answer

thats 4.07

anonymous · Answer

ok now we are in the home stretch

anonymous · Answer

right..

anonymous · Answer

Whats a home stretch ?

anonymous · Answer

i guess it is a horse racing analogy
coming down to the finish line, aka almost done

anonymous · Answer

Oh haha okay .

anonymous · Answer

we got 8 pounds in red, lets say $x$ in blue, for a total of $$8+x$$ and a value $3.21(8+x)$ which we also know is 
$$22+4.07x$$

anonymous · Answer

set 
$$3.21(8+x)=22+4.07x$$ and solve for $x$

anonymous · Answer

or clear the decimal and solve 
$$321(8+x)=2200+407x$$

anonymous · Answer

it says "approximate" so lets call it $4.3$ pounds http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=321%288%2Bx%29%3D2200%2B407x

anonymous · Answer

and finally to answer as a percent compute $$\frac{4.3}{8+4.3}$$

anonymous · Answer

i hope one answer is $35\%$

anonymous · Answer

it is ! omg . thank you but where did 35 come from i got like 427. something percent!!

anonymous · Answer

did you compute 
$$4.3\div 12.3$$?

anonymous · Answer

oh no . My bad

anonymous · Answer

the total number of pound approx is $8+4.3=12.3$ and the total blue was $4.3$ the the percent is $4.3\div 12.3$ after you make that decimal in to a percent by moving the decimal place over i just did this http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=4.3%2F%288%2B4.3%29

anonymous · Answer

clear now though right?

anonymous · Answer

Yes . thank you so much .

anonymous · Answer

yw, my pleasure