Acandy store makes a hard candy mix using a specific ratio of peppermint hard candy, which costs $4.40 per pound, and cinnamon hard candy, which costs $5.40 per pound. overall, the mix ends up costing $5.10 per pound. if the candy store has 210 pounds of peppermint hard candy, how many pounds of cinnamon hard candy will be needed to make the mix?

490 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

Peppermint hard candy costs $4.40 per pound, and Cinnamon hard candy costs $5.40 per pound.

If we mix the in x : y ratio respectively then the mixture costs $5.10 per pound.

Therefore, we can write

⇒ 0.3y = 0.7x  

⇒

Now, if the candy store has 210 pounds of Peppermint hard candy, then Cinnamon hard candy  required for making the mix is pounds. (Answer)

24

step-by-step explanation:

if it takes 8 pounds to make 12 divide 12 by 8 and you get 1.5, 1.5 x 16 = 24

answer:   b

step-by-step explanation:

x2 = 16

x can not be a negative number because 16 is positive

the only answer would be positive 8