SOLUTION: premium coffee sell for 6.00 per pound, and regular coffee sells for 4.00 per lb. how many pounds of each type of coffee should be used to produce 100 pounds of a blend that will
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Question 162105: premium coffee sell for 6.00 per pound, and regular coffee sells for 4.00 per lb. how many pounds of each type of coffee should be used to produce 100 pounds of a blend that will sell for 4.64 per pound.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6X+4(100-X)=100*4.64
6X+400-4X=464
2X=464-400
2X=64
X=64/2
X=32 POUNDS OF $6 COFFEE IS USED.
100-32=68 POUNDS OF $4 COFFEE IS USED.
PROOF:
6*32+4*68=464
192+272=464
464=464
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