A club wants to mix 20 pounds of candy worth $10.00 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 $5.00 per pound candy should be used?	Answers:  A) 40  B) 50  C) 60  D) 70  E) 80
Let number of pounds of 5$ candy to be used be w   6 = (20*10 + 5*w)/(20 +w)   =&gt;120 + 6w = 200 + 5w   =&gt; w = 80   Answer 80
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A club wants to mix 20 pounds of candy worth $10.00 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?