Jenny's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is

Markelovnsl

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2022-04-16

Jenny's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Jenny $4.80 per pound, and type B coffee costs $5.85 per pound. This month, Jenny made 155 pounds of the blend, for a total cost of $845.85. How many pounds of type A coffee did she use?

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Colin Collins

Colin Collins

Beginner2022-04-17Added 10 answers

Let x be a number of pounds of type A coffee.
Total number of pounds is 155.
Thus, the number of type B coffee is 155x.
And we have the equation:
4.80x+(155x)5.85=845.85
Simplify the equation
4.80x+906.755.58x=845.85
1.05x+906.75=845.85
1.05x=906.75845.85
1.05x=60.9
x=58 pounds

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