SOLUTION: A coffee company wants a new flavor of Cajun coffee. How many pounds of coffee worth $10 a pound should be added to 30 pounds of coffee worth $4 a pound to get a mixture worth $5 a

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Question 1123088: A coffee company wants a new flavor of Cajun coffee. How many pounds of coffee worth $10 a pound should be added to 30 pounds of coffee worth $4 a pound to get a mixture worth $5 a​ pound?
Answer by ikleyn(52797)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x = "How many pounds of coffee worth $10 a pound should be added".


Your equation is


cost of the first ingredient + cost of the second ingredient = total cost,   or


10x                          +  4*30                         = 5*(x+30) 


Simplify and solve for x.

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