SOLUTION: Carlos coffee shops makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Carlos $5.55 per pound, and type B costs $4.25 per pound. This months blend used tw

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Question 1109348: Carlos coffee shops makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Carlos $5.55 per pound, and type B costs $4.25 per pound. This months blend used twice as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $407.45. How many pounds of type A coffee we’re used?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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A, pounds of type A
B, pounds of type B
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5.55A%2B4.25%282A%29=407.45
Solve for A.