Question

Sarah Meeham blends coffee for Tasti-Delight. She needs to prepare 120 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $5.17 per pound. She plans to do this by blending together a high quality beans costing $6.50 per pound and a cheaper bean at $2.50 per pound. To the nearest pound, find how much high quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she should blend.

a.She should blend _____________lbs of high quality beans.
b.she should blend______________lbs of cheaper beans.

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 80 ibs

b) 40 ibs

Explanation:

Let X be the pound of the high quality bean at $6.50

(120-x) will be the pound of the cheaper bean at $2.50

6.5x + 2.5(120 - x) = 5.17(120)

6.5x + 300 - 2.5x = 620.4

Collect like terms

6.5x - 2.5x = 620.4 - 300

4x = 320.4

x = 320.4/4

x= 80.1

x = 80 ibs(to the nearest pounds)

For the cheaper bean we have 120 -x

= 120 - 80

= 40 ibs

Sarah would blend 80 ibs of quality bean and 40 ibs of cheaper bean