Question

Deon's coffee shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. type a coffee costs deon $5.85 per pound, and type b coffee costs $4.60 per pound. this month's blend used three times as many pounds of type b coffee as type a, for a total cost of $432.30 . how many pounds of type a coffee were used?

Answer 1

Hello there,
Type B = 4.60 x 3
= $13.80
Type A + B = 5.85 +13.80
= 19.65
19.65 units = $432.30
1 units (Type A) = 22
Thus, 22 pounds of Type A was used

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Answer 2

($cost of type a)(x) + ($cost of type b)(3x)=432.30

5.85x + 13.8x = 432.30

19.65x = 432.30

X= 22 pounds type a coffee used