SOLUTION: Sarah blends coffee for delight. She needs to prepare 100 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $4.25 per pound. She plans to do this by blending together high quality bean c

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Question 962658: Sarah blends coffee for delight. She needs to prepare 100 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $4.25 per pound. She plans to do this by blending together high quality bean costing $5.00 per pound. To the nearest pound, find how much high quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she should blend. Sarah should blend ___pounds of high quality beans (round to the nearest pound as needed)
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Sarah blends coffee for delight. She needs to prepare 100 pounds of blended
coffee beans selling for $4.25 per pound. She plans to do this by blending
together high quality bean costing $5.00 per pound .....
AN ESSERNTIAL PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS LEFT OUT HERE, something like this:
"and a cheaper bean at $?.?? per pound."
To the nearest pound, find how much high quality coffee bean and how much
cheaper coffee bean she should blend. Sarah should blend ___pounds of high
quality beans (round to the nearest pound as needed)

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