document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=873825>Question 873825</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Kira's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Kira <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$4.85<BR>\n" );
document.write( " per pound, and type B coffee costs <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.95<BR>\n" );
document.write( " per pound. This month's blend used twice as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$552.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( ". How many pounds of type A coffee were used? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #527127 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=527127\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> L = cheap coffee price - known<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H = expensive coffee price - known<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T = price  of blend - known<BR>\n" );
document.write( "u = pounds of cheap coffee -UNKNOWN<BR>\n" );
document.write( "v = pounds of expensive coffee - UNKNOWN<BR>\n" );
document.write( "v/u=2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Accounting for prices,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and as *given, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=v%2Fu=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"v%2Fu=2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The given price values may be inconvenient enough that you should solve the system of equations symbolically for u and v; and then substitute the given values of prices to determine the values of u and v.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "* Note, use v=2u to simplify the rational equation and first solve for u. </SPAN>\n" );
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