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A merchant accidentally mixed candies of the first grade (at 3 rubles per pound) and candies of the second grade (at 2 rubles per pound). At what price should this mixture be sold to receive the same amount of money, given that initially
the total cost of all the first-grade candies was equal to the total cost of all the second-grade candies?
According to the condition, the number of candies of the second grade is 1.5 times more than the number of candies of the first grade. Mixing 2 pounds of candies of the first grade and 3 pounds of candies of the second grade, we get 5 pounds of candies costing $3 \cdot 2+2 \cdot 3=12$ rubles.

## Answer

2 rub. 40 kop.