SOLUTION: How would I go by solving for the correct pound? Star Cups, a specialty coffee store, creates a special mix of two coffees at two different prices: $6.42 and $7.28 per pound each

Question 21991: How would I go by solving for the correct pound? Star Cups, a specialty coffee store, creates a special mix of two coffees at two different prices: $6.42 and $7.28 per pound each. How many pounds of the $$7.28 coffee should be mixed with 7 pounds of $6.42 coffee to sell the mixture for $7.20 per pound?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = no pounds of $7.28 coffee
7 = no pounds of $6.42 coffee
x+7 = total no pounds of coffee at $7.20
7.28x + 7*6.42 = 7.20 (x+ 7)
7.28x + 44.94 = 7.20x + 50.40
7.28x + 44.94-44.94 = 7.20x + 50.40 - 44.94
7.28x = 7.20x + 5.46
7.28x - 7.20x= 5.46
.08x = 5.46

pounds at $7.28
pounds at $6.42
pounds at $7.20

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