SOLUTION: The Coffee Counter charges $7 per pound for Kenyan French Roast coffee and $6 per pound for Sumatran coffee. How much of each type should be used to make a 20 pound blend that sell

Question 1073013: The Coffee Counter charges $7 per pound for Kenyan French Roast coffee and $6 per pound for Sumatran coffee. How much of each type should be used to make a 20 pound blend that sells for $6.60 per pound?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Multiply eq. 1 by 6 and subtract from eq. 2,

Now use either equation to solve for A.

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