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  • 02-09-2017
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Community coffee company wants a new flavor of cajun coffee. how many pounds of coffee worth $7 a pound should be added to 20 pounds of coffee worth $2 a pound to get a mixture worth $5 a pound

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barnuts
barnuts barnuts
  • 14-09-2017

Let us say that:

x = pounds of $7 coffee

 

So that:

7 x + 2 * 20 = 5 * (x + 20)

7x + 40 = 5x + 100

2x = 60

x = 30 pounds

 

Therefore 30 pounds should be added.

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