Connisseur Coffee Co. blends coffee costing $4.04/pound with coffee costing $1.08/pound.

Question

This is to produce a brand costing $2.60/pound.  If a total of 140 pounds is blended, how many pounds of each were used?

Answer 1

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comepanee bi koffee in 2 tipes, 1 tipe KOST 1.08 $/pound, other tipe KOST 4.04$/pound

mix em tugether tu make blend that KOST 2.60 $/pound

if put in 1 pound av 1.08$ koffee...1*1.08 +x*4.04=(1+x)*2.6

4.04x +1.08=2.6 +2.6x

4.04x -2.6x =2.6 -1.08

1.44x=1.52

x=1.52/1.44=1.05555555555555555...pounds av 4$ koffee per pound av cheep K

sum av 2 tipes=2.0555555555 pounds

yu want 140 pounds av koffee

140/2.05555555=54.78260871  times this much

maebee kan round tu 55 batches

or 55 pounds av cheek stuf & 55*1.05555555 pounds av the good stuf