SOLUTION: The Golden Cup Coffee Shop sells Hawain Kona coffee for $36.50 per pound and Sulawesi Kalossi Coffee for $13.00 per pound. The coffee shop also makes a homemade blend of these two
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Question 1085093: The Golden Cup Coffee Shop sells Hawain Kona coffee for $36.50 per pound and Sulawesi Kalossi Coffee for $13.00 per pound. The coffee shop also makes a homemade blend of these two coffees that sells for 20.52 per pound. How much of each coffee should they blend together to make a 100 pound bag of the blend?
Found 2 solutions by jorel1380, adamhen894:
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let K be the Kona coffee, and 100-K be Kalossi coffee. Then
36.50 K +13(100-K)=20.52(100)
23.5K+1300=2052
23.5K=752
Solve for K and 100-K. ☺☺☺☺
Answer by adamhen894(15) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
hawaiian kona
amt: x pound
$36.5 per pound
suiawesi kalossi
amt: y pound
$13.00 per pound
mixture
amt: 100 pounds
$20.52 per pound
now lets set the equation up
x + y = 100
36.5x+13y=20.52(100)
substitue x in first equation into second equation
and solve for x
x=32 pound
and
y= 68 pound
i would love to hear more alternative ways to solve the problems from you,
adamchen894@gmail.com
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