SOLUTION: Harriet Amato operates a coffee shop. One of her customers wants to but two kinds of beans: Arabian Mocha and Colombian Decaf. If she wants twice as much Mocha as Colombian Decaf
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Question 966036: Harriet Amato operates a coffee shop. One of her customers wants to but two kinds of beans: Arabian Mocha and Colombian Decaf. If she wants twice as much Mocha as Colombian Decaf, how much of each can she buy for a total of $87.50? (Prices are: Arabian Mocha....$8.50/lb and Colombian Decaf....$8.00/lb.)
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = pounds of Columbian Decaf needed
= pounds of Arabian Mocha needed
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7 pounds of Arabian Mocha and 3.5 pounds
of nColumbian Decaf are needed
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