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Question 575957: a coffee house has 20 pounds of a coffee that sells for $4 per pound. How many pounds of a coffee that sells for $8 per pound should be mixed with the 20 pounds of $4 per pound coffee to obtain a blend that will sell for $5 per pound? How much of the $5 per pound coffee is there to sell? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of $8/lb coffee needed = cost of the $8/lb coffee = cost of the $4/lb coffee used
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6 and 2/3 pounds of $8/lb coffee is needed
This makes
There is 26 and 2/3 pounds of the $5 /lb coffee to sell
check:
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