Chau's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Chau

$5.55

per pound, and type B coffee costs

$4.45

per pound. This month, Chau made

161

pounds of the blend, for a total cost of

$825.35

. How many pounds of type A coffee did he use?

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Mathematics

Justice Boyer

3 March, 02:25

Chau's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Chau

$5.55

per pound, and type B coffee costs

$4.45

per pound. This month, Chau made

161

pounds of the blend, for a total cost of

$825.35

. How many pounds of type A coffee did he use?

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Answers (1)

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Jennifer Herrera · Answer 1

He used 74.4 lbs of type A coffee.

If he is using a mixture of two divide the total of cost by 2 to get the amount of what one of the coffee costed, then divide that by 5.55 and you get the answer.

Chau's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Chau$5.55per pound, and type B coffee costs$4.45per pound. This month, Chau made161pounds of the blend, for a total cost of$825.35. How many pounds of type A coffee did he use?

Chau's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Chau

$5.55

per pound, and type B coffee costs

$4.45

per pound. This month, Chau made

161

pounds of the blend, for a total cost of

$825.35

. How many pounds of type A coffee did he use?