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Question 311570: jimmy is a partner in an internet based coffee supplier. The company offers gourmet coffee beans for $11 per pound and regular coffee beans for $4 per pound. Jimmy is creating a medium price product that sell for $6 per pound. The first thing to go into the mixing bin was 12 pounds of gourmet coffee beans. How many pounds of the less expensive regular beans should be added
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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12*11+4x=6(12+x)
132+4x=72+6x
4x-6x=72-132
-2x=-60
x=-60/-2
x=30 lbs. of the $4 coffee is added.
Proof:
12*11+4*30=6(12+30)
132+120=6*42
252=252