SOLUTION: A merchant has coffee worth $2 dollars a pound that she wishes to mix with 8lbs of coffee worth $8 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $3 a pound. How many pounds of the

Question 424193: A merchant has coffee worth $2 dollars a pound that she wishes to mix with 8lbs of coffee worth $8 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $3 a pound. How many pounds of the $2 coffee should be used?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A merchant has coffee worth $2 dollars a pound that she wishes to mix with 8lbs
of coffee worth $8 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $3 a pound.
How many pounds of the $2 coffee should be used?
:
Let x = amt of $2 coffee required
:
A typical mixture equation
2x + 8(8) = 3(x+8)
:
Solve for x
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