SOLUTION: Kevin's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Kevin $4.40 per pound, and type B coffee costs $5.95 per pound. This month's blend

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Question 1082253: Kevin's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Kevin
$4.40 per pound, and type B coffee costs $5.95 per pound. This month's blend used four times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $1071.60. How many pounds of type A coffee were used?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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B=4A
and
4.4A%2B5.95B=1071.60
Substituting,
4.4A%2B5.95%284A%29=1071.60
4.4A%2B23.8A=1071.60
28.2A=1071.60
Solve for A then use either equation to solve for B.