SOLUTION: A coffee distributor needs to mix a(n) Kona coffee blend that normally sells for $8.80 per pound with a Kenya coffee blend that normally sells for $14.00 per pound to create 100 po

Question 569509: A coffee distributor needs to mix a(n) Kona coffee blend that normally sells for $8.80 per pound with a Kenya coffee blend that normally sells for $14.00 per pound to create 100 pounds of a coffee that can sell for $13.17 per pound. How many pounds of each kind of coffee should they mix?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = pounds of Kona coffee needed
Let = pounds of Kenya coffee needed
given:
(1)
(2)
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(2)
(2)
Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)

and
(1)
(1)
15.962 pounds of Kona coffee are needed
84.038 pounds of Kenya coffee are needed
check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
close enough
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