SOLUTION: Pete's coffee shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type a coffee cost Pete $4.65 per pound and type B coffee cost five dollars .95 cents per pound this mont

Question 1047197: Pete's coffee shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type a coffee cost Pete $4.65 per pound and type B coffee cost five dollars .95 cents per pound this month Pete made 179 pounds of the blend for a total cost of $955.85 how many pounds of type a coffee did he use
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = pounds of type A coffee needed
Let = pounds of type B coffee needed
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(1)
(2)
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(2)
Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
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(2)
(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
He used 84 pounds of type A coffee
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
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