SOLUTION: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $4.00 per pound with coffee costing $3.50 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 30 lb of a blend costing $3.70 per pou
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Question 704188: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $4.00 per pound with coffee costing $3.50 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 30 lb of a blend costing $3.70 per pound?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x amount of lower priced coffee = unknown
y= amount of higher priced coffee = unknown
L price of lower priced coffee = $3.50 per pound
H price of higher price coffee = $4.00 per pound
T Target price of the mixture of coffees = $3.70 per pound
pounds
Solve for x and y.
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