SOLUTION: A coffe shop has one type of coffee that sells for $6 per pound and another that sells for $11 perpound. They wish to mix 50 pounds of the $11 coffee to get a mixture that will sel

Question 1028349: A coffe shop has one type of coffee that sells for $6 per pound and another that sells for $11 perpound. They wish to mix 50 pounds of the $11 coffee to get a mixture that will sell for 47 per pound. How many pounds of the $6 coffee should be used?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the description to set up the equation.
You MUST have omitted the decimal point and really want 4.70 DOLLARS PER POUND price result. Otherwise, the "47" makes no sense.

x, how much of the $6 per pound coffee to use.

You can finish this.

x=138 to three significant figures.
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