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23 May, 10:06

A customer in a coffee shop purchases a blend of two coffees: kenyan, costing $3.50 a pound, and sri lankan, costing $5.60 a pound. he buys 7 lb of the blend, which costs him $33.95. how many pounds of each kind went into the mixture?

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  1. 23 May, 12:39
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    We have to make a system of equations:

    x + y = 7; where x stays for pounds of Kenyan coffee, and y stays for pounds of Sri Lankan coffee. And: 3.50 * x + 5.60 * y = 33.95 (total cost).

    From the 1st equation: x = 7 - y. We have to substitute it into the 2nd equation:

    3.50 * (7 - y) + 5.60 * y = 33.95

    24.50 - 3.50 y + 5.60 y = 33.95

    5.60 y - 3.50 y = 33.95 - 24.50

    2.10 y = 9.45

    y = 9.45 : 2.10

    y = 4.5 lb; x = 7 - 4.5 = 2.5 lb.

    Answer: 2.5 lb of Kenyan coffee and 4.5 lb of Sri Lankan.
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