<PRE><B>Question 296831</B>
Jimmy is a partner in an Internet-based coffee supplier.The company offers gourmet coffee beans for $11 per pound and regular coffee beans for $5 per pound. Jimmy is creating a product that will sell for $7 per pound.The first thing to go into the mixing bin was 10 pounds of the gourmet beans. How many pounds of the less expensive regular beans should be added?
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Equation:
value + value = value
11*10 + 5x = 7(10+x)
11*10 + 5x = 7*10 + 7x
2x = 40
x = 20 lbs (amt. of $5 coffee needed in the mixture)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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