Question

40 pounds of chocolate fudge sold for $2.15 per pound and vanilla fudge sold for $1.90 per pound. Your class made $158.20. How many pounds of vanilla fudge were sold?

Answer 1

`38` pounds of vanilla fudge were sold.

Explanation:

As `40` pounds of chocolate fudge sold for `$2.15` per pound

Class made `40xx2.15=$86.00` from sale of chocolate fudge.

As class made `$158.20` from sales of chocolate fudge and vanilla fudge,

class made `$158.20-$86.00=$72.20` from sale of vanilla fudge.

As vanilla fudge sold for `$1.90` per pound,

pounds of vanilla fudge sold were `72.20/1.90=38`.