SOLUTION: Tony's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Tony $5.55 per pound, and type B coffee costs $4.20 per pound. This month's blend use

Question 928496: Tony's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Tony $5.55 per pound, and type B coffee costs $4.20 per pound. This month's blend used twice as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $502.20 How many pounds of type A coffee were used?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = pounds of A
y = pounds of B
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5.55x + 4.20y = 502.20
y = 2x
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5.55x + 4.20y = 502.20
2x - y = 0
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solution:
x = pounds of A = 36
y = pounds of B = 72
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