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Jimmy is a partner in a internet based coffee supplier. The company offers gourmet coffee beans for $15 per pound and regular coffee beans $4 per pound. Jimmy is creating a medium price product that will sell for $6 per pound. The first thing to go into the mixing bin was 12 pounds of the gourmet beans. How many pounds of less expensive regular beans should be added? Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Jimmy is a partner in a internet based coffee supplier. The company offers gourmet coffee beans for $15 per pound and regular coffee beans $4 per pound. Jimmy is creating a medium price product that will sell for $6 per pound. The first thing to go into the mixing bin was 12 pounds of the gourmet beans. How many pounds of less expensive regular beans should be added?
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let x=pounds of less expensive beans to add
15*12+4x=6(12+x)
180+4x=72+6x
2x=108
x=54
pounds of less expensive beans to add: 54
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