SOLUTION: A store mixes Brazilian coffee worth $11 per kilogram and Turkish coffee worth
$14 per kilogram. The mixture is to sell for $13 per kilogram.
Find how much of each should be
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Question 1055797: A store mixes Brazilian coffee worth $11 per kilogram and Turkish coffee worth
$14 per kilogram. The mixture is to sell for $13 per kilogram.
Find how much of each should be used to make a 528-kilogram mixture.
How many kilograms of the Brazilian coffee should be in the mixture? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A store mixes Brazilian coffee worth $11 per kilogram and Turkish coffee worth
$14 per kilogram. The mixture is to sell for $13 per kilogram.
Find how much of each should be used to make a 528-kilogram mixture.
How many kilograms of the Brazilian coffee should be in the mixture?
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value + value = value
11x + 14(528-x) = 13*528
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11x + 14*528 - 14x = 13*528
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-3x = -528
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x = 176 kg (amt of $11 coffee needed)
528-x = 352 kg (amt of $14 coffee needed)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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