SOLUTION: Sarah mayhem blends coffee for tasti-delight. she needs to prepare 160 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $5.06 per pound. she plans to do this by blending together a high-
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Question 956883: Sarah mayhem blends coffee for tasti-delight. she needs to prepare 160 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $5.06 per pound. she plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $6.00 per pound and a cheaper bean at $3.00 per pound. to the nearest pound, find how much high quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean should blend.
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Sarah mayhem blends coffee for tasti-delight. she needs to prepare 160 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $5.06 per pound. she plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $6.00 per pound and a cheaper bean at $3.00 per pound. to the nearest pound, find how much high quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean should blend.
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let x=amt of high-quality bean to blend
160-x=amt of cheaper bean to blend
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6x+3(160-x)=5.06*160
6x+480-3x=809.60
3x=329.60
x≈110
160-x≈50
amt of high-quality bean to blend=110 lbs
amt of cheaper bean to blend=50 lbs
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