SOLUTION: Lou wants to make a coffee mixture to sell. He is going to mix Sumatra coffee which cost $2.50 per pound with Columbian coffee which costs $3.75 per pound. He wants to make 50 poun
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Question 447594: Lou wants to make a coffee mixture to sell. He is going to mix Sumatra coffee which cost $2.50 per pound with Columbian coffee which costs $3.75 per pound. He wants to make 50 pounds of mix and he wants the cost of the mix to be $3.35 per pound. How many pound of each will he need? Answer by katealdridge(100) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! pounds of sumatra + pounds of colombian Price of sumatra * pounds of sumatra + price of colombian * pounds of colombian = price of mixture * total pounds
Take first equation and solve for either letter-I'll choose S.
Substitute 50-C in for S in the second equation distribute the 2.50 combine like terms subtract 125 from both sides divide by 1.25 So 34 pounds of colombian coffee, leaving 16 pounds of sumatra coffee.
