SOLUTION: A tea merchant mixes some black tea costing $42 per pound with 4 lb of Earl Grey tea costing $51 per pound. How many pounds of the black tea should be used if the merchant wants a
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Question 897452: A tea merchant mixes some black tea costing $42 per pound with 4 lb of Earl Grey tea costing $51 per pound. How many pounds of the black tea should be used if the merchant wants a blend that costs between $45 and $48 per pound?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
http://www.algebra.com/my/Two-Part-Mixture-with-one-material-quantity-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev
Think of price as a form of concentration in unit of DOLLARS per POUND. Your example is a two-part mixture problem. One material quantity is unknown.
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