SOLUTION: A merchant blends tea that sells for $4.70 a pound with tea that sells for $2.30 a pound to produce 60 lb of a mixture that sells for $3.50 a pound. How many pounds of each type of

Question 834492: A merchant blends tea that sells for $4.70 a pound with tea that sells for $2.30 a pound to produce 60 lb of a mixture that sells for $3.50 a pound. How many pounds of each type of tea does the merchant use in the blend?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
u pounds of the low priced tea
v pounds of the higher price tea

and ;

For more help on this kind of problem, see the lesson, "Mixture: Two-Part, price or cost, both material amounts unknown", through the lessons link in my profile.
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