SOLUTION: Goran's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Goran
$5.75
per pound, and type B coffee costs
$4.45
per pound. This month's
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$5.75
per pound, and type B coffee costs
$4.45
per pound. This month's
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Question 1162949: Goran's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Goran
$5.75
per pound, and type B coffee costs
$4.45
per pound. This month's blend used twice as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of
$556.70
. How many pounds of type A coffee were used?
Let x be the amount of the type A coffee, in pounds (the value under the question).
Then amount of the type B coffee is 2x poubds, according to the condition.
The money equation is
5.75*x + 4.45*(2x) = 556.70.
Simplify and solve
x = = 38 pounds coffee A. ANSWER
