Question

a candy store makes a 9-pound of gummy candy jelly beans and hard candy the cost of gummy candy is $2.00 per pound jelly beans cost $3.00 per pound and hard candy costs $3.00 per pound the mixture calls for two times as many gummy candy pieces as jelly beans the total cost of the mixture is $23.00 how much of each ingredient did the store use? please show explanation

Answer 1

Answer: 4.5 jelly beans

Step-by-step explanation: 3.00$ x 5 = 15.00$ x (2$) = 23.00$