document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1042498>Question 1042498</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jimmy is a partner in an Internet-based coffee supplier. The company<BR>\n" );
document.write( "offers gourmet coffee beans for $14 per pound and regular coffee beans<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for $9 per pound. Jimmy is creating a medium-price product that will<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sell for $12 per pound. The first thing to go into the mixing bin was 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pounds of the gourmet beans. How many pounds of the less expensive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "regular beans should be added?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: Please dont just do the math and post the solution. Explain EACH step of the equation, Why you are doing this or why you are doing that So I can understand. By just doing the whole equation without a proper explanation of each step I can not learn because I dont know where stuff came from. Please be aware of this. Thanks </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #657498 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39626)</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=657498\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Assign some variables to anything not known.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x    pounds of the expensive coffee, the gourmet coffee<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c    pounds of the cheap coffee, which is the regular coffee<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m    pounds of the mixture\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You find from the description that x=10.    Account for pounds of coffee and for price of the mixture to be made.  c and m seem to be the unknown quantities.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "QUANTITY ACCOUNT:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%2B10=m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%2B10=m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PRICE ACCOUNT:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%289c%2B14%2A10%29%2Fm=12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%289c%2B14%2A10%29%2Fm=12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Those two equations together are the system of equations in variables c and m.  Solve this system of equations.  \r<BR>\n" );
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