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Question 768332: The vendor of a coffee cart mixes coffee beans that cost $8 per pound with coffee beans that cost $6 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make a 50-pound blend that sells for $6.71 per pound?
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Mix v pounds of coffee at H dollars per pound with u pounds of coffee at L dollars per pound, to have M pounds at T dollars per pound.

%28Lu%2BHv%29%2FM=T and u%2Bv=M
Solve this system for the unknown variables of u and v.