SOLUTION: A coffee merchant wants to make 45 lb of a blend of coffee to sell for $5.80 per pound. The blend is made by using a $7 grade and a $5 grade of coffee. How many pounds of each gra

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Question 897227: A coffee merchant wants to make 45 lb of a blend of coffee to sell for $5.80 per pound. The blend is made by using a $7 grade and a $5 grade of coffee. How many pounds of each grade of coffee should be used?
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One of the most typical and frequent two-part mixture questions.

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