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Question 1179790: A grocer is mixing 40 cent per lb. coffee with 60 cent per lb. coffee to make a mixture worth 54 cents per lb. How much of each kind of coffee should be used to make 70 lb. of the mixture?
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Q, amount of the 60 cent per pound coffee
40%2870-Q%29%2B60Q=54%2A70
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20Q%2B40%2A70=54%2A70
20Q=54%2A70-40%2A70
Q=70%28%2854-40%29%2F%2820%29%29
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