SOLUTION: The manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $5 per pound with a less expensive tea that cost $3 per pound to create a 100 pound blend that will
Algebra.Com
Question 664155: The manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $5 per pound with a less expensive tea that cost $3 per pound to create a 100 pound blend that will sell for $4.50 per pound. how many pound of each type of tea with be required?
I have no idea where to start
please help
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Price $ ---------------- quantity
Tea type I 5 ----------------x pound
Tea type II 3 ------ 100 - x pound
Mixture 5 ---------------- 100
5x+3(100-x)=4.5 * 100
500x+300(100-x) =45000
500x+30000-300x=45000
500x-300x=45000 - -30000
200x=15000
/ 200
x= 75 pound Tea type I
25 pound Tea type II
m.ananth@hotmail.ca
RELATED QUESTIONS
The manager at a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $5... (answered by mananth)
The manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $7 per... (answered by josgarithmetic)
the manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $7 per... (answered by josgarithmetic)
The manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $ 8 per... (answered by josgarithmetic)
The manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $ 9 per... (answered by addingup)
The manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs
$10... (answered by josgarithmetic)
The manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $6 per... (answered by josgarithmetic)
The manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $6 per... (answered by josgarithmetic,greenestamps)
the manager of a store selling tea plans to mix a more expensive tea that costs $7 per... (answered by josgarithmetic)