Homework Help Forum: Algebra 2

Posted by saRa on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 1:36am.

. A coffee merchant has two types of coffee beans, one selling for $3 per pound and the other for $6 per pound. The beans are to be mixed to provide 100 lb of a mixture selling for $4.98 per pound. How much of each type of coffee bean should be used to form 100 lb of the mixture?

• Algebra 2 - Reiny, Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 7:55am

  Let the amount of $3 beans used be x pounds, let the amount of $6 beans used be 100-x pounds then 3x + 6(100-x) = 4.98(100) solve for x (I got x=34)

  
  

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