SOLUTION: Each week I have $11 to spend on coffee. I require 10 cups of coffee a week to survive. Sometimes I drink Starbucks, but mostly have to brew a K-cup to stay within my budget. Starb

Question 1102908: Each week I have $11 to spend on coffee. I require 10 cups of coffee a week to survive. Sometimes I drink Starbucks, but mostly have to brew a K-cup to stay within my budget. Starbucks costs $2 per cup and K-cups cost $0.50 each. How many times can I have have Starbucks in one week but still stay within my budget and make sure I get my 10 cups per week?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of cups of
starbucks coffee in 1 week
= number of K-cups
of coffee in 1 week
--------------------------------

You can have 4 cups of Starbucks coffee
in 1 week
----------------------
check:

OK

RELATED QUESTIONS
This exercise is solving applied problems: three equations. Sally works at... (answered by Paul)

Star Cups, a specialty coffee store, creates a special mix of two coffees at two... (answered by josmiceli)

A coffee shop pays Coffee Delivery Company A, a certain price for each disposable cup it... (answered by TimothyLamb)

I have two questions. I find it hard to work out what part of the problem represents what (answered by josgarithmetic)

Someone please help.. Big tipper. On Monday Headley paid $1.70 for two cups of coffee... (answered by Theo,VFBundy)

hello i have been working on this question for a while but I keep getting so confuse with (answered by josmiceli,ankor@dixie-net.com)

Xander and Ella pool their loose change to buy snacks on their coffee break. One day,... (answered by faceoff57,seema230480)

Someone please help.. Big tipper. On Monday Headley paid $1.70 for two cups of coffee... (answered by ikleyn)

Here is a very basic word problem that I am quite ashamed to say that has me stomped.... (answered by prabhjyot)