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The owner of a gourmet coffee shop wants to create 200 pounds of a special blend of coffee to sell at $8.15 per pound. He also wants to use all 80 pounds of the $6.50 blend he has on hand. How expensive should the coffee be that he uses for the remaining 120 pounds? Found 2 solutions by mananth, josmiceli:Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! coffee type I ----------- $6.50---------80 pounds
coffee type II -----------$x------------120 pounds
Mixture------------------$8.15----------200 pounds
80*6.50 +120*x=200*8.15
120x= 200*8.15-80*6.50
120x = 1110
/120
x= $9.25
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the cost/pound of the remaining coffee =
Cost of remaining coffee =
Cost of $6.50 / pound blend =
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The cost/pound of the remaining coffee = $9.25
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