document.write( "Question 21692: Rick's cafe ordered coffee beans from two different distributors at different prices. Rick wants to combine the two types of beans to make a mixture that costs $2.02 per pound. How many pounds of coffee beans that cost $3.00 per pound should be mixed with 7 pounds of coffee beans that cost $1.60 per pound to obtain the desired mixture?\r
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300x+160(7-x)=202(7)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "7-2.1=4.9
\n" ); document.write( "hence for 3.00 it should be 2.1 and for 1.60 it should be 4.9
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