SOLUTION: "the manager of a gourmet coffee and tea store is mixing two green teas, one worth 7 dollars per pound and one worth 9 dollars per pound. He wants to obtain 32 pounds of tea worth

Question 895905: "the manager of a gourmet coffee and tea store is mixing two green teas, one worth 7 dollars per pound and one worth 9 dollars per pound. He wants to obtain 32 pounds of tea worth 8.50 dollars per pound. How much of each tea should he use?"
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two Part Mixture for Price when both Ingredient Quantities Unknown - http://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev

Good! You liked the lesson. If you put in the numbers directly, you immediately have the specific equations:

and , which is a system of two linear equations in two unknowns.
u is pounds of the low priced tea, and v is the pounds of the higher priced tea. Solve the system for u and v.
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