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a manager wishes to reduce her prics for coffee by mixing 2 grades together. if she has 50 pds. of coffee which sell for 1.20 per pound how much cofee worth 80 cent per round must she mix with so that she can sell the final mixture for 1.00 per pound

2007-09-10 15:02:57 · 1 answers · asked by mschantell07 2 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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50(1.20) + .80(x) = 1.00(x+50)

60 + .8x = x + 50

10 = .2x

50 = x

50 pounds of the cheaper coffee.

2007-09-10 15:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by jenh42002 7 · 0 0

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