SOLUTION: A market sells coffee from Brazil for $3 per pound and coffee from colombia for $4 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used in order to sell the blend of 100 pounds for $3
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Question 568648: A market sells coffee from Brazil for $3 per pound and coffee from colombia for $4 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used in order to sell the blend of 100 pounds for $3.50 per pound? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A market sells coffee from Brazil for $3 per pound and coffee from colombia for $4 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used in order to sell the blend of 100 pounds for $3.50 per pound?
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$3.50 is the average, so it's equal amounts.
