SOLUTION: Justin's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Justin $4.60 per pound, and type B coffee costs $5.95 per pound. This month

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Question 1095273: Justin's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Justin
$4.60
per pound, and type B coffee costs
$5.95
per pound. This month's blend used three times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of
$493.90
. How many pounds of type A coffee were used?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Type A, A pounds
Type B, 3A pounds
B%2FA=3
B=3A


4.6A%2B5.95%2A3A=493.9
Simplify and solve for A.