document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=946885>Question 946885</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Dan's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Dan <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$4.15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "per pound, and type B coffee costs <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.50<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( "$515.10<BR>\n" );
document.write( " . How many pounds of type A coffee were used?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " per pound. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This month's blend used twice as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $515.10<BR>\n" );
document.write( " . How many pounds of type A coffee were used?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 2A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.15A + 5.5B = 515.10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4.15A + 5.5(2A) = 515.10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.15A + 11A = 515.10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15.15A = 515.10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 34 lbs (amt. of typa A coffee used)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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