document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=968314>Question 968314</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jenny's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Jenny \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$4.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( " per pound, and type B coffee costs \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$5.45<BR>\n" );
document.write( " per pound. This month's blend used three times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$652.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( ". How many pounds of type A coffee were used?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( ". How many pounds of type A coffee were used?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B = 3A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.05A + 5.45B = 652.80<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"B\" and solve for \"A\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "405A + 545*3A = 65280<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "405A + 1635A = 65280<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2040A = 65280<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 32 lbs (amt. of A coffee used)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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