Sarah meeham blends coffee for tasti-delight. she needs to prepare 150 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $4.13 per pound. she plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $6.00 per pound and a cheaper bean at $2.00 per pound. to the nearest pound, find how much high-quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she should blend.

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Felipe Garza

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20 December, 08:02

Sarah meeham blends coffee for tasti-delight. she needs to prepare 150 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $4.13 per pound. she plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $6.00 per pound and a cheaper bean at $2.00 per pound. to the nearest pound, find how much high-quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she should blend.

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Ezekiel Hensley · Answer 1

Let'x' represent the pounds of $5.50 coffee used, then '150 - x represents the pounds of $2.50 coffee used.

4.70 (150) = 5.50x+2.50 (150-x)

solving fo 'x' we have x=110

150-110=40

40 pounds of $2.50 coffee should be blended with 110 pounds of $5.50 coffee