SOLUTION: A merchant has coffee worth $4 a pound that she wishes to mix with 80 pounds of coffee worth $16 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $6 a pound. How many pounds of the

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Question 841468: A merchant has coffee worth $4 a pound that she wishes to mix with 80 pounds of coffee worth
$16 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $6 a pound. How many pounds of the $4 coffee

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w pounds of the $4/pound coffee to use.

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