SOLUTION: A coffee company wants a new flavor of Cajun coffee. How many pounds of coffee worth $7 a pound should be added to 30 pounds of coffee worth $3 a pound to get a mixture worth $5 a�

Question 1185592: A coffee company wants a new flavor of Cajun coffee. How many pounds of coffee worth $7 a pound should be added to 30 pounds of coffee worth $3 a pound to get a mixture worth $5 a pound?

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They are all the same thing, just differing numbers.
"How many pounds of coffee worth $H a pound should be added to U pounds of coffee worth $L a pound to get a mixture worth $T a pound?"

v pounds of the H dollar per pound coffee
v+U pounds of the finished mixture

Solve for v.

You can plug in your given values.
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