Chau's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Chau
$5.70
per pound, and type B coffee costs
$4.35
per pound. This month, Chau made
179
pounds of the blend, for a total cost of
$886.65. How many pounds of type B coffee did he use?

Question

Chau's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Chau 
$5.70
 per pound, and type B coffee costs 
$4.35
 per pound. This month, Chau made 
179
pounds of the blend, for a total cost of 
$886.65. How many pounds of type B coffee did he use?

mathstudent55 · Answer

You are looking for the amount of type B coffee used.
There was an amount of type A coffee used and an amount of type B coffee used.
Both amounts are unknown.
Let's use the variable A to mean the amount of type A coffee used.
Let's use the variable B to mean the amount of type B coffee used.
Ok so far?

mathstudent55 · Answer

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