Ms. Nina wants to buy candy mix for $1.00 per pound. If she already bought 50 pounds of candy for $1.20 per pound, how many pounds that costs 80 cents per pound must she buy?

She must buy 50 pounds of the other candy in order to have a mix that costs $1 per pound.

Step-by-step explanation:

Her goal is to have a candy mix that has a cost of $ 1.00 per pound, therefore the relation must be equal to 1. She already bought a total of 50 pounds of a $1.2 per pound candy, therefore she spent:

She wants to buy "x" of a 80 cents per pound candy, therefore if we sum it's weigh "x" with 50 pounds, then it must be equal to it's value summed with 60. We have:

She must buy 50 pounds of the other candy in order to have a mix that costs $1 per pound.

step-by-step explanation:

if x = 2 you have to find x to finish the problem

the square root of what number? if you add that, then someone will probably answer the question.