SOLUTION: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $5.50 per pound with coffee costing $3.00 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 50 lb of a blend costing $3.70 per pou

SOLUTION: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $5.50 per pound with coffee costing $3.00 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 50 lb of a blend costing $3.70 per pou

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Question 399284: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $5.50 per pound with coffee costing $3.00 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 50 lb of a blend costing $3.70 per pound
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x(3.00) + (50 - x)(5.50) = 50(3.70)
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