SOLUTION: A coffee shop owner wants to make a new flavor of coffee. How many pounds of coffee worth $9 a pound should be added to 12 pounds of coffee worth $4 a pound to get a mixture worth

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Question 867871: A coffee shop owner wants to make a new flavor of coffee. How many pounds of coffee worth $9 a pound should be added to 12 pounds of coffee worth $4 a pound to get a mixture worth $6 a pound?
Please show me the steps to work this problem out.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Better would be that you study a lesson about this type of mixture situation.

Check this lesson: Known price or concentration, one material quantity known and other unknown.