A confectioner has 300 pounds of a chocolate that is 1 part cocoa butter to 7 parts caramel. How much chocolate that is 1 part cocoa butter to 15 parts caramel should be combined with the first in order to create a new chocolate that is 1 part cocoa butter to 9 parts caramel? pls help???!!!!!

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Add up the amounts of cocoa:

(1/8)(300) + (1/16)x = (1/10)(300+x)
x = 200

If the fractions seem confusing, note that the 1:7 ratio means there are 8 parts of ingredient, only 1 of which is cocoa.
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The question:A confectioner has 300 pounds of a chocolate that is 1 part cocoa butter to 7 parts caramel. How much chocolate that is 1 part cocoa butter to 15 parts caramel should be combined with the first in order to create a new chocolate that is 1 part cocoa butter to 9 parts caramel?

The answer: 200 pounds. (this is correct, I used an answering machine, double checked all answers and asked an expert)
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