SOLUTION: Josh's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Josh $4.20 per pound, and type B coffee costs $5.30 per pound. This month, Jo

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Question 1008833: Josh's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Josh
$4.20
per pound, and type B coffee costs
$5.30
per pound. This month, Josh made
132
pounds of the blend, for a total cost of
$638.00
. How many pounds of type B coffee did he use?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
two-part mixture, for cost or price

Just set up your work for cost instead of price; but it is fundamentally the same thing. Account for cost and account for material quantities.

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