SOLUTION: Matthew owns a specialty coffee shop.He wants to create a special mix using two coffees,one priced at $6.40 per pound and the other priced at $7.28 per pound. How many pounds of th

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Question 23077: Matthew owns a specialty coffee shop.He wants to create a special mix using two coffees,one priced at $6.40 per pound and the other priced at $7.28 per pound. How many pounds of the $7.28 coffee should he mix with 9 pounds of the $6.40 coffee to sell the mixture for $6.95 per pound?
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Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source):
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728x+640(9-x)=695(9)
728x+5760-640x=6255
88x=495
x=5.625
9-5.625=3.375
Hence, for $7.28 there should be 5.625 of solution added and for $6.40 there should be 3.375 of solution added.

Answer by wuwei96815(245) (Show Source):
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The hardest part of word problems is translating. What are they really asking for? Once you can figure that out, the math is usally relatively easy.

Let x=the unknown quantity of coffee at $7.28/pound.

7.28(x) + 6.40(9) = (x+9)6.95
7.28x + 57.60 = 6.95x + 62.55
7.28x-6.95x = 62.55-57.60
0.33x = 4.95
x = 15 pounds of coffee at $7.28/pound

I hope that is right?