SOLUTION: The coffee merchant wants to blend a mildly strong coffee called Nervous Nellie with an extremely strong coffee called Nervous Breakdown to create a medium strength coffee he plans
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Question 740885: The coffee merchant wants to blend a mildly strong coffee called Nervous Nellie with an extremely strong coffee called Nervous Breakdown to create a medium strength coffee he plans to call Nervous Wreck. If the Nellie flavor costs $1.20 per pound and the Breakdown flavor costs $1.40 per pound, how many pounds of the Nellie is needed to create a 30 pound blend which costs $1.35 per pound?
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