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Question 532246: The manager of a coffee shop has one type of coffee that sells for $8 per pound and another that sells for $15 per pound. The manager wishes to mix 60 pounds of the $15 coffee to get a mixture that will sell for $14 per pound. How many pounds of the $8 coffee should be used? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of $8 coffee needed
given: is cost of $15 coffee = cost of $8 coffee = total pounds of coffee in mixture
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10 pounds of $8 coffee are needed
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