A club wants to mix 15 pounds of candy worth $8.00 per pound with candy worth $5.00 per pound to reduce the cost of the mixture to $6.00 per pound. How many pounds of the $5.00 per pound candy should be used?
Choose the correct choice from the following.
A) 20 B) 30 C) 40 D) 50 E) 60
Let number of pounds of 5$ candy to be used be w   6 = (15*8 + 5*w)/(15 +w)   =&gt;90 + 6w = 120 + 5w   =&gt; w = 30   Answer 30
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A club wants to mix 15 pounds of candy worth $8.00 per pound with candy worth $5.00 per pound to reduce the cost of the mixture to $6.00 per pound. How many pounds of the $5.00 per pound candy should be used?