SOLUTION: a coffee manufacturer wants to market 100 pounds of a new blend of colffee that costs $3.90 per pound by mixing two coffees that sell for $2.50 and $5.00 per pound respectively. Wh
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Question 374879: a coffee manufacturer wants to market 100 pounds of a new blend of colffee that costs $3.90 per pound by mixing two coffees that sell for $2.50 and $5.00 per pound respectively. What amounts of each coffee should be blended to obtain the desired mixture? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let A be the amount of $2.50/lb coffee, B the amount of $5.00/lb coffee.
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Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2, lbs
Then from eq. 1, lbs