SOLUTION: A merchant has coffee worth $4 a pound that she wishes to mix with 6 pounds of coffee worth $9 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $7 a pound. How many pounds of the $4 c
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Question 864916: A merchant has coffee worth $4 a pound that she wishes to mix with 6 pounds of coffee worth $9 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $7 a pound. How many pounds of the $4 coffee should be used?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39631) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Study this lesson for one material known and one material unknown.
y is for how much pounds of the cheaper coffee to add.
Solve for y.
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