SOLUTION: How many pounds of coffee beans that costs $2 per pound should be added to 10 pounds of coffee beans that costs $10 per pound to have a new blend of coffee that costs $4 per pound?
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Question 1048917: How many pounds of coffee beans that costs $2 per pound should be added to 10 pounds of coffee beans that costs $10 per pound to have a new blend of coffee that costs $4 per pound?
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How many pounds of coffee beans that costs $2 per pound should be added to 10 pounds of coffee beans that costs $10 per pound
to have a new blend of coffee that costs $4 per pound?
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Yours governing equation is
2*x + 10*10 = (x+10)*4.
Solve for x, where x = "how many pounds of coffee beans should be added".
The left side is the cost of the blend.
The right side is the same, expressed by another way.
