Question

John's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs John $5.95 per pound, and type B coffee costs $4.65 per pound. This month's blend used three times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $656.70. How many pounds of type A coffee were used?

Answer 1

Let x = the number of lbs of Type A coffee.

We know that this month's blend used 3 times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A coffee.

Total lbs of coffee = x + 3x

The total cost then is:

($ cost for Type A)(x) + ($ cost for Type B)(3x) = $717.60

$5.65x + $4.25(3x) = $717.60

$5.65x + $12.75x = $717.60

$18.40x = $717.60

x = 39 lbs