SOLUTION: A coffee shop sells assorted types of coffees, and blends them into their "signature blends". Sri Lankan sells for $5.00 per pound, and Jamaican sells for $6.20 per pound. A custom

Question 1027527: A coffee shop sells assorted types of coffees, and blends them into their "signature blends". Sri Lankan sells for $5.00 per pound, and Jamaican sells for $6.20 per pound. A customer pays $17.10 for 3 pounds of a blend. How much of each type of coffee goes into the blend?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Same thing over and over again.

Here is how they work: two-part mixture to find amount of each part, using one variable
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A coffee shop sells assorted types of coffees, and blends them into their "signature blends". Sri Lankan sells for $5.00 per pound, and Jamaican sells for $6.20 per pound. A customer pays $17.10 for 3 pounds of a blend. How much of each type of coffee goes into the blend?
let x=amt of Sri Lankin coffee that goes into the blend
3-x=amt of Jamaicancofee that goes into the blend
5x+6.20(3-x)=3(7.10)
5x+18.60-6.20x=21.3
1.20x=2.70
x=2.25
3-x=.75
amt of Sri Lankin that goes into the blend=2.25 lbs
amt of Jamaicanthat goes into the blend=.75 lbs
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