Melody want to sell bags of mixed candy at her lemonade stand . She will mix chocolates pieces that cost $4.89 per bag with peanut butter pieces that cost 3.79 per bag to get a total of 25 bags of mixed candy. Melody want the bags of mixed candy to cost her $4.23 a bag to make. How many bags of chocolates pieces and how many bags of peanut butter pieces should she use
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Answer:Bags of chocolates pieces = 10 bags Bags of peanut butter pieces = 15 bagsStep-by-step explanation:The ratio of chocolate pieces to peanut butter pieces ($4.23-$ 3.79) : ($ 4.89 - $4.23)= $0.44 : $0.66= 2 : 3 Therefore; the fraction of chocolate pieces bag = 2/5 Thus; Number of bags of chocolate pieces = 2./5 × 25 = 10 bags Fraction of peanut pieces bags = 3/5 Therefore; Number of bags of peanut butter pieces = 3/5 × 25 = 15 bags