A club wants to mix 20 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 $5.00 per pound candy should be used?	Choose the correct answer.
A) 20  B) 30  C) 40  D) 50  E) 60
Let number of pounds of 5$ candy to be used be w   6 = (20*8 + 5*w)/(20 +w)   =&gt;120 + 6w = 160 + 5w   =&gt; w = 40   Answer 40
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A club wants to mix 20 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?