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Maya's coffee shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Maya $4.55 per pound, and type B coffee costs $5.90 per pound. This month, Maya made 166 pounds of the blend, for a total cost of $884.90. How many pounds of type A coffee did she use?

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4.55x+5.90(166-x)=884.90
Solve for x
X=70 type A .....Answer

166-70=96 type B
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