SOLUTION: Need to prepare 170 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $4.53 per pound. The problems states that Sarah plans to do this by blending together a high quality bean costing $6.
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Question 939502: Need to prepare 170 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $4.53 per pound. The problems states that Sarah plans to do this by blending together a high quality bean costing $6.25 per pound and cheaper bean at $3.00. To the nearest pound find how much high quality coffee beans and how much cheaper coffee beans should she blend.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
http://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev
All of these two-part price or cost mixture problems work the same way.
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