A club wants to mix 30 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 $5.00 per pound candy should be used? Choose the correct option:	A) 30	B) 40	C) 50	D) 60	E) 70
Let number of pounds of 5$ candy to be used be w   6 = (30*8 + 5*w)/(30 +w)   =&gt;180 + 6w = 240 + 5w   =&gt; w = 60   Answer 60
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A club wants to mix 30 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?