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Question 361743: A coffee manufacturer blends coffee for Maxwell House. They need to prepare 200 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $3.95 per pound. They intend to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $4.95 per pound and a cheaper bean costing $2.65 per pound. To the nearest pound, find how much high-quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean they should blend. Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! high quality $4.95 per pound : let this be x lbs
cheaper bean costing $2.65 per pound. this will be 200-x lbs
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200 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $3.95 per pound.
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4.95x+2.65(200-x)=200*3.95
4.95x+530-2.65x=790
2.3x=790-530
2.3x=260
x= 113 pounds of high quality
87 pounds of cheaper bean.
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