document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=393086>Question 393086</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a store manager wishes to reduce the price on her fresh ground coffee by mixing two grades. if she has 50 pounds of coffee which sells for $10 per pound, how much coffee worth $6 per pound must she mix with it so that she can sell the final mixture for $8.50 per pound? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #279028 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=279028\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a store manager wishes to reduce the price on her fresh ground coffee by mixing two grades. if she has 50 pounds of coffee which sells for $10 per pound, how much coffee worth $6 per pound must she mix with it so that she can sell the final mixture for $8.50 per pound?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "50 pounds -------- $10 per pound,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x pounds --------- $6 per pound <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+50 pounds------- $8.50 per pound<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mixture equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50*10+6*x=8.50(x+50)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500+6x=8.50x+425<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.50x-6x=500-425<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.50x=75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 30 lb.of $6 coffee.\r<BR>\n" );
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