document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=894030>Question 894030</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Michael's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Michael $4.60 per pound, and type B coffee costs $5.95 per pound. This month's blend used three times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $830.65. How many pounds of type A coffee were used?    \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #541694 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=541694\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Very similar to problem request 893672 from here:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Same problem but just different example.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Without using a general solution,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "u = pounds of the cheap coffee, type A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "v = pounds of the expensive coffee, type B\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ACCOUNT FOR COST OF BLEND USING THE GIVEN PRICES: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4.60u%2Bv5.95=830.65 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4.60u%2Bv5.95=830.65\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( " and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "SHOW THE RATIO OF TYPE B TO TYPE A COFFEES ACCORDING TO THE DESCRIPTION:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=v%2Fu=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"v%2Fu=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question asks for the value for u.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<b>Here is MOST of the way to solving for u.</b><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=v=3u ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"v=3u\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substitute;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4.60u%2B5.95%283%2Au%29=830.85 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4.60u%2B5.95%283%2Au%29=830.85\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Just solve this for u. </SPAN>\n" );
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