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\n" ); document.write( "Jimmy is a partner in a internet based coffee supplier. The company offers gourmet coffee beans for $15 per pound and regular coffee beans $4 per pound. Jimmy is creating a medium price product that will sell for $6 per pound. The first thing to go into the mixing bin was 12 pounds of the gourmet beans. How many pounds of less expensive regular beans should be added? \n" ); document.write( "

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Jimmy is a partner in a internet based coffee supplier. The company offers gourmet coffee beans for $15 per pound and regular coffee beans $4 per pound. Jimmy is creating a medium price product that will sell for $6 per pound. The first thing to go into the mixing bin was 12 pounds of the gourmet beans. How many pounds of less expensive regular beans should be added?
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\n" ); document.write( "let x=pounds of less expensive beans to add
\n" ); document.write( "15*12+4x=6(12+x)
\n" ); document.write( "180+4x=72+6x
\n" ); document.write( "2x=108
\n" ); document.write( "x=54
\n" ); document.write( "pounds of less expensive beans to add: 54 \n" ); document.write( "

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