Question

If a grocer mixed 3 lbs of candy costing $1.7 per pound and 5 lbs of candy costing 90 cents per pound, what should the price of the mixture be?

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is $1.2

Step-by-step explanation:

You  are trying to find the price of the whole mixture per pound. So first you multiply 3 and $1.7 and then multiply 5 and $0.90 then we divide the total cost by the number of pounds bought and you arrive at the answer $1.2.

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Answer 2

Answer:

the answer is $1.2

Step-by-step explanation:

the answer is $1.2