SOLUTION: a local specialty coffee shop wants to obtain 30 pounds of a mixture of coffee beans costing 4.40 per pound. they have a mixture costing 4.25 per pond and a mixture costing 4.50 p

Question 824913: a local specialty coffee shop wants to obtain 30 pounds of a mixture of coffee beans costing 4.40 per pound. they have a mixture costing 4.25 per pond and a mixture costing 4.50 per pound. how much of each should be used?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You did not show which money units, but no matter which you have, think of this like a mixture problem in which CONCENTRATION is in units of MONEY UNITS per POUND.

Assign Variables:
L=4.25
T=4.40
H=4.50
M=30 pounds
u = how much pounds of the L
v = how much pounds of the H
Note that T is the target value.

and

This is just like the Mixture lesson linked in my profile.
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