SOLUTION: Manuel's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Manuel $5.70 per pound, and type B coffee costs $4.30 per pound. This month

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Question 1058501: Manuel's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Manuel
$5.70
per pound, and type B coffee costs
$4.30
per pound. This month, Manuel made
146
pounds of the blend, for a total cost of
$758.00
. How many pounds of type A coffee did he use?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two-variable linear equations application;
Account for poundage and account for the cost.