SOLUTION: The local coffee shop combines two kinds of beans
to make a blended mixture of beans. If Ethiopian
Harrar beans cost $7.25 per pound, and Arabian
Mocha beans cost $13.70 per pou
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Question 349038: The local coffee shop combines two kinds of beans
to make a blended mixture of beans. If Ethiopian
Harrar beans cost $7.25 per pound, and Arabian
Mocha beans cost $13.70 per pound, how many
pounds of each should be used to make 3 pounds of
a blend that costs $10.26 per pound?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = pounds of E. H. beans needed
Let = pounds of A. M. beans needed
given:
(1)
cost of is
cost of is
-----------------------------
(2)
(2)
Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract from (2)
(2)
(1)
1.4 pounds of A.M. and 1.6 pounds of E. H. are needed
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