document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1203944>Question 1203944</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Aldo's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs $4.10 Aldo per pound, and type B coffee costs per $5.15 pound. This month's blend used twice as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of 288.00. How many pounds of type A coffee were used? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This month's blend uses twice as much of B as A, so the blend is 2/3 of B and 1/3 of A.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The price per pound of the blend, using 2 parts of B and 1 part of A, is<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the total cost of the blend is $288, the number of pounds is 288/4.80 = 60.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "One-third of the blend is type A; 1/3 of 60 is 20.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 20 pounds of type A<br><BR>\n" );
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