document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=570065>Question 570065</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I set this type of word problem up?  Thanks\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Joe's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Joe $5.40 per pound, and type B coffee costs $4.20 per pound. This month's blend used twice as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $372.60 . How many pounds of type A coffee were used? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Type A coffee costs Joe $5.40 per pound, and type B coffee costs $4.20 per pound. This month's blend used twice as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $372.60 . How many pounds of type A coffee were used?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantity Eq:::B = 2A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value Eq:::::5.4A + 4.2B = 372.6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"B\" and solve for \"A\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.4A + 4.2(2A) = 372.6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5.4A + 8.4A = 372.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13.8A = 372.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 27 lbs (amt. of Type A coffee needed)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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