Sara bought both German chocolate and Swiss chocolate for some cakes she was baking. The Swiss chocolate cost $2.5 per pound, and German chocolate cost $1.5 per pound. if the total the she spent on chocolate was $15 and both types of chocolate were purchased in whole number of pounds, how many total pounds of chocolate she purchased?	Pick one:	A) 9	B) 8	C) 10	D) 12	E) 15
If there were all the expensive ones 2.5....   There would be 15/2.5 or 6 of them but since 1.5$ ones are also there, answer has to be &gt;6....   If all were 1.5$ ones, there will be 15/1.5 or 10...   So ONLY 8 is left   Ans 8..
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Sara bought both German chocolate and Swiss chocolate for some cakes she was baking. The Swiss chocolate cost $2.5 per pound, and German chocolate cost $1.5 per pound. if the total the she spent on chocolate was $15 and both types of chocolate were purchased in whole number of pounds, how many total pounds of chocolate she purchased?