Question 1018545
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A coffee merchant wants to make 45 lb of a blend of coffee to sell for $5.80 per pound. The blend is made by using a $7 grade and a $5 grade of coffee. How many pounds of each grade of coffee should be used? 
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It is a typical word problem on mixtures.


You will find the similar problem solved in the lesson 
<A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/mixtures/Solving-typical-word-problems-on-mixtures-for-dry-substances-coffee-nuts.lesson>Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like coffee beans, nuts, cashew and peanuts</A> in this site.


Read it attentively and then solve your problem by applying the same logic and substituting your data.