document.write( "Question 997352: Lamar's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Lamar
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\n" ); document.write( " per pound. This month's blend used four times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of
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Let \"+a+\" = pounds of coffee A used
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+b+\" = pounds of coffee B used
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+4.1a+%2B+5.8b+=+709.8+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+b+=+4a+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+41a+%2B+58b+=+7098+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute (2) into (1)
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+41a+%2B+58%2A4a+=+7098+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+41a+%2B+232a+=+7098+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+273a+=+7098+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+a+=+26+\"
\n" ); document.write( "26 pounds of coffee A were used
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+b+=+4a+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+b+=+4%2A26+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+b+=+104+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+41a+%2B+58b+=+7098+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+41%2A26+%2B+58%2A104+=+7098+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+1066+%2B+6032+=+7098+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+7098+=+7098+\"
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