SOLUTION: Anne Leibowitz owns "The Coffee Pot," a specialty coffee store. She wants to create a special mix using two coffees, one priced at $8.40 per pound and the other at $7.28 per pound.
Algebra ->
Expressions-with-variables
-> SOLUTION: Anne Leibowitz owns "The Coffee Pot," a specialty coffee store. She wants to create a special mix using two coffees, one priced at $8.40 per pound and the other at $7.28 per pound.
Log On
Question 173244This question is from textbook Algebra 1
: Anne Leibowitz owns "The Coffee Pot," a specialty coffee store. She wants to create a special mix using two coffees, one priced at $8.40 per pound and the other at $7.28 per pound. How many pounds of the $7.28 coffee should she mix with 9 pounds of the $8.40 coffee to sell the mixture for $7.95 per pound?
- I thought i understoud how to put the problem together but my answer ended up as a negative decimal This question is from textbook Algebra 1
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x = pounds of $7.28 added
then
7.28x + 8.40(9) = 7.95(9+x)
7.28x + 75.6 = 71.55 + 7.95x
7.28x + 4.05 = 7.95x
4.05 = 0.67x
6.045 pounds = x
