SOLUTION: A coffee merchant sells two different coffee blends. The Standard blend uses 4 oz of arabica and 12 oz of robusta beans per package; the Deluxe blend uses 10 oz of arabica and 6 oz

Question 898927: A coffee merchant sells two different coffee blends. The Standard blend uses 4 oz of arabica and 12 oz of robusta beans per package; the Deluxe blend uses 10 oz of arabica and 6 oz of robusta beans per package. The merchant has 80 lb of arabica and 90 lb of robusta beans available. Find a system of inequalities that describes the possible number of Standard and Deluxe packages the merchant can make. Graph the solution set.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A coffee merchant sells two different coffee blends.
The Standard blend uses 4 oz of arabica and 12 oz of robusta beans per package; The Deluxe blend uses 10 oz of arabica and 6 oz of robusta beans per package. The merchant has 80 lb of arabica and 90 lb of robusta beans available.
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Find a system of inequalities that describes the possible number of Standard and Deluxe packages the merchant can make. Graph the solution set.
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Arabica Inequality:: 4S + 10D <- 10*16 oz
Robusta Inequality:: 12S + 6D <= 90*16 oz
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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