SOLUTION: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $6.00 per pound with coffee costing $3.50 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 50 lb of a blend costing $4.30 per pou

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Question 781333: A coffee merchant combines coffee costing $6.00 per pound with coffee costing $3.50 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make 50 lb of a blend costing $4.30 per pound?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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m pounds at $6/pound
n pounds at $3.5/pound

%286m%2B3.5n%29%2F50=4.30 and m%2Bn=50
These are simultaneous equations to use for solving m and n.