A candy store sells​ chocolate-covered almonds for ​$7.50 per pound and​ chocolate-covered peanuts for ​$5.00 per pound. The manager decides to make a bridge mix that combines the almonds with the peanuts. She wants the bridge mix to sell for ​$7.00 per​ pound, and there should be no loss in revenue from selling the bridge mix rather than the almonds and peanuts alone. How many pounds of​ chocolate-covered almonds and how many pounds of​ chocolate-covered peanuts are required to create 65​ pounds of bridge​ mix?

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Answer:

32.5 lbs

Step-by-step explanation:

so divide 65 by 2 which will give you 32.5 it's eveny in half