SOLUTION: A store mixes coffee A worth $10. per kilogram and coffee B worth $12. per kilogram. The mixture is to sell for $11. per kilogram. Find how much should be used to make a 480 kilogr
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Question 333323: A store mixes coffee A worth $10. per kilogram and coffee B worth $12. per kilogram. The mixture is to sell for $11. per kilogram. Find how much should be used to make a 480 kilogram mixture.
How many kilograms of coffee A should be in the mix?
How many kilograms of coffee B should be in the mix? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! coffee A worth $10. per kilogram
coffee B worth $12. per kilogram.
mixture is to sell for $11. per kilogram.
480 kilogram mixture.
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coffee A quantity be x kg $10
coffee B quantity will be 480-x kg. $12
Mixture $11 480 kg
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10x+12(480-x)= 11*480
10x+5760-12x=5280
-2x=5280-5760
-2x=-480
x= 240 kg Coffee A
Coffee B = 240 kgs.
