document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1110641>Question 1110641</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Problem Page Charmaine's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Charmaine $5.50 per pound, and type B coffee costs $4.05 per pound. This month's blend used four times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $781.20 . How many pounds of type A coffee were used? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Value Eq:: 5.5A + 4.05B = 781.20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Quantity Eq:: B = 4A<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"A\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.5A + 4.05(4A) = 781.20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5.5+16.2)A = 781.2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 781.2/21.7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 36 lbs (amt of A to use)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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