SOLUTION: Ms. Folgers has some coffee that sells for $4 per pound and a second coffee that sells for $8 per pound. She wants to mix the two coffees to make 50 pounds of coffee that will sel

Question 969103: Ms. Folgers has some coffee that sells for $4 per pound and a second coffee that sells for $8 per pound. She
wants to mix the two coffees to make 50 pounds of coffee that will sell for $5.60 per pound. How many
pounds of each coffee should she use?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This can be solved using a single variable.

Let x be the amount of the $4 per pound coffee and then 50-x will be the amount of the $8 per pound coffee.

Solve the equation for x, and use the found value to compute 50-x.
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