SOLUTION: The comfort coffee company wants to mix 20 pounds of their smooth blend worth $3 a pound with their special blend worth $5 a pound in order to create a new blend of coffee worth $3
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Question 881330: The comfort coffee company wants to mix 20 pounds of their smooth blend worth $3 a pound with their special blend worth $5 a pound in order to create a new blend of coffee worth $3.50 a pound. How many pounds of the special blend should be added to the smooth blend? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of special blend
to be added dollars worth of
the smooth blend is being used
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6 and 2/3 pounds of the special blend should be added
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