a candy store sells gummy flies for $5.25 per pound and Dew Drops for $6.50 per pound. If they sell 4 times as many pounds of dew drops as gummy flies and take in $906.25, how many pounds of dew drops did they sell?

Question

a candy store sells gummy flies for $5.25 per pound and Dew Drops for $6.50 per pound.  If they sell 4 times as many pounds of dew drops as gummy flies and take in $906.25, how many pounds of dew drops did they sell?

PsyDAG · Answer

D = 4G 5.25G + 6.50D = 906.25 5.25G + 6.50(4G) = 906.25 Solve for G, then D.