Jimmy and John are trying to put a mixture together of blue jelly beans and red jelly beans for a souvenir gift. The blue jelly beans cost $0.28 per ounce and the red jelly beans cost $0.55 per ounce. They would like their gift bags to cost $2.20 per bag. Use complete sentences to explain why or why not it would be reasonable to say that the mixture could contain 4 ounces of blue jelly beans and 3 ounces of red jelly beans.

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2 December, 01:06

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Admiral · Answer 1

They would cost $2.77 per back with 4oz of blue and 3oz of red, which means they would go over their budget.