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11 June, 19:42

At a candy store selling gourmet jelly beans, the amount you pay varies directly with the weight of the beans. The cost of 5 pounds of jelly beans is $12. During the past month $7200 worth of jelly beans were purchased. How many pounds of jelly beans were purchased during the past month?

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  1. 11 June, 20:03
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    3000 pounds of jelly beans

    Step-by-step explanation:

    First, you would have to do 12/5 to get 2.4 (the price per pound). Then you would to 7200/2.4 to get 3000 pounds of jelly beans that were purchased in the past month.
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