SOLUTION: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $6 per pound with coffee cost $3.50 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 50lb of a blend costing $4.20 per pound?
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Question 755849: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $6 per pound with coffee cost $3.50 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 50lb of a blend costing $4.20 per pound? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of $6/pound coffee needed
Let = pounds of $3.50/pound coffee needed = cost of $6/pound coffee in blend = cost of $3.50/pound coffee in blend
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Multiply both sides of (1) by and subtract (1) from (2)
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(1)
and, since
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(1)
(1)
14 pounds of $6/pound coffee are needed
36 pounds of $3.50/pound coffee are needed
check:
(2)
(2)
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(2)
(2)
OK
