SOLUTION: Premium coffee sells for $6.00 per pound, and regular coffee sells for $4.00 per pound. How many pounds of each type of coffee should be blended to obtain 100 pounds of a blend tha
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Question 715173: Premium coffee sells for $6.00 per pound, and regular coffee sells for $4.00 per pound. How many pounds of each type of coffee should be blended to obtain 100 pounds of a blend that sells for $4.64 per pound? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Price ---------------- quantity
Premium coffee $6 ---------------- x pounds
Regular coffee $4 ------ 100 - x pounds
Mixture $4.64 ---------------- 100
6 x + 4 ( 100 - x ) = 4.64 * 100
600 x + 400 ( 100 - x ) = 46400
600 x + 40000 - 400 x = 46400
600 x - 400 x = 46400 - -40000
200 x = 6400
/ 200
x = 32 pounds $6.00 Premium coffee
68 pounds $4.00 Regular coffee
