SOLUTION: Sarah Meeham blends coffee for​ Tasti-Delight. She needs to prepare 130 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for ​$4.98 per pound. She plans to do this by blending
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Question 1128546: Sarah Meeham blends coffee for Tasti-Delight. She needs to prepare 130 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $4.98 per pound. She plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $5.50 per pound and a cheaper bean at $3.25 per pound. To the nearest pound, find how much high-quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she should blend?
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Sarah Meeham blends coffee for Tasti-Delight. She needs to prepare M pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $T per pound. She plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $H per pound and a cheaper bean at $L per pound.
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x, pounds at the higher price ingredient
M-x, pounds of the lower price ingredient
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Substitute for whatever given values of T, H, L, M you have.
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