SOLUTION: A merchant mixed 12 lb of a cinnamon tea with 5 lb of spice tea. The 17-pound mixture cost $28. A second mixture included 14 lb of the cinnamon tea and 8 lb of the spice tea. The 2

Question 1169909: A merchant mixed 12 lb of a cinnamon tea with 5 lb of spice tea. The 17-pound mixture cost $28. A second mixture included 14 lb of the cinnamon tea and 8 lb of the spice tea. The 22-pound mixture cost $37. Find the cost per pound of the cinnamon tea and of the spice tea.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c price of cinnamon tea
x price of xpice tea

You might try multiply E1 by 8, and E2 by 5; and use result to eliminate x and find c.
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