SOLUTION: Aling Mely who owns a coffee store in Divisoria Market wishes to mix first class Batamgas Coffee must that sells at ₱200 per kilograms with 25 kg of imported coffee from Sri Lank
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Question 1175572: Aling Mely who owns a coffee store in Divisoria Market wishes to mix first class Batamgas Coffee must that sells at ₱200 per kilograms with 25 kg of imported coffee from Sri Lanka that sell at ₱150 per kilogram. How many kilograms of Batangas coffee must mixed with sri lanka coffee to obtain a mixture worth of ₱175 per kilogram? How much of the mixture will be produced? (With Checking)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look to see that the mixture price is exactly halfway between the two given coffees. Twenty-five kilograms of each. Do you need to see some algebra for this?
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Batamgas, 200 pesos per kg
Sri Lanka, 150 pesos per kg, using 25 kg
The Mixture, 175 pesos per kg
w, the mass of the Batamgas to use
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Exact steps may vary.
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