SOLUTION: a store mixes kenyan coffee worth $12 per kilogram and venezuelan coffee worth $14 per kilogram. the mixture is to sell for $13 per kilogram. find out how much of each should be us

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Question 961040: a store mixes kenyan coffee worth $12 per kilogram and venezuelan coffee worth $14 per kilogram. the mixture is to sell for $13 per kilogram. find out how much of each should be used to make a 360 kilogram mixture
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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x, how much kenyan coffee
360-x, how much venezuelan coffee

Account for price.
%2812x%2B14%28360-x%29%29%2F360=13

This would be equivalent to this cost account equation:
12x%2B14%28360-x%29=13%2A360

Either way, solve for x.