SOLUTION: At a gourmet coffee store, the price of Hawaiian coffee is $8.50 per pound, and the price of Colombian coffee is $7.70 per pound. Find how many pounds of each kind shou

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Question 292999: At a gourmet coffee store, the price of Hawaiian coffee is $8.50 per pound, and the price of Colombian coffee is $7.70 per pound.
Find how many pounds of each kind should be mixed to obtain 200 pounds of a mixture of the two kinds of coffee that will sell at $8.30 per pound.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8.5h+7.7c=200*8.3
h+c=200
c=50 h=150