SOLUTION: Im having trouble with this word problem and need some assitance. Ritas coffee shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs rita $4.10 per pound

Question 1118963: Im having trouble with this word problem and need some assitance. Ritas coffee shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs rita $4.10 per pound, and type B coffe costs $5.15 per pound. this months blend used twice as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $432.00. how many pounds of type A coffee were used?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x be the value under the question: x = "how many pounds of type A coffee were used".


Then the amount of the type B coffee was 2x pounds,   and the money equation is


4.10*x + 5.15*(2x) = 432    dollars.


Solve for x.

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