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Question 296831: Jimmy is a partner in an Internet-based coffee supplier.The company offers gourmet coffee beans for $11 per pound and regular coffee beans for $5 per pound. Jimmy is creating a product that will sell for $7 per pound.The first thing to go into the mixing bin was 10 pounds of the gourmet beans. How many pounds of the less expensive regular beans should be added?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jimmy is a partner in an Internet-based coffee supplier.The company offers gourmet coffee beans for $11 per pound and regular coffee beans for $5 per pound. Jimmy is creating a product that will sell for $7 per pound.The first thing to go into the mixing bin was 10 pounds of the gourmet beans. How many pounds of the less expensive regular beans should be added?
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Equation:
value + value = value
11*10 + 5x = 7(10+x)
11*10 + 5x = 7*10 + 7x
2x = 40
x = 20 lbs (amt. of $5 coffee needed in the mixture)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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