The owner of a candy store wants to make a(n) 16-pound mixture of two candies to sell for $1 per pound. If red licorice bits sell for $0.90 per pound and lemon gumdrops sell for $1.30 per pound, how many pounds of each should be used?NOTE: All the values were rounded to the nearest whole number.
A. 4 lb. of lemon gumdrops, 12 lb. of red licorice bits.
B. 6 lb. of lemon gumdrops, 14 lb. of red licorice bits.
C. 8 lb. of lemon gumdrops, 6 lb. of red licorice bits.
D. 7 lb. of lemon gumdrops, 6 lb. of red licorice bits.
E. 5 lb. of lemon gumdrops, 15 lb. of red licorice bits.
Answer: A
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