A coffee distributor needs to mix a(n) Breakfast coffee blend that normally sells for $8.40 per pound with a Ethiopian coffee blend that normally sells for $13.60 per pound to create 100 pounds of a coffee that can sell for $13.44 per pound. How many pounds of each kind of coffee should they mix?

Answer: They must mix
_____pounds of the Breakfast Blend
____pounds of the Ethiopian Blend.
Round your answers to the nearest whole number of pounds.

Question

A coffee distributor needs to mix a(n) Breakfast coffee blend that normally sells for $8.40 per pound with a Ethiopian coffee blend that normally sells for $13.60 per pound to create 100 pounds of a coffee that can sell for $13.44 per pound. How many pounds of each kind of coffee should they mix?

Answer: They must mix
_____pounds of the Breakfast Blend
____pounds of the Ethiopian Blend.
Round your answers to the nearest whole number of pounds.

anonymous · Answer

8.4b+13.6(100-b)=13.44   .... I need help coming up with an equation /:

mertsj · Answer

Your equation is correct except that the right side should be 100 times 13.44

anonymous · Answer

so do i end up with -5.2b=-16 then i divide?