document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=567606>Question 567606</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A merchant has coffee worth $4 a pound that she wishes to mix with 80 pounds of coffee worth $9 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $5 a pound.  How many pounds of the $4 coffee should be used?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer = 320 lbs\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = amount (pounds) of $4 coffee<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x + 9(80) = 5(x+80)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 720 = 5x+400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "720 = x+400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "320 pounds = x<BR>\n" );
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