A grocer is mixing 40 cent per lb. coffee with 60 cent per lb. coffee to make a mixture worth 54 cent per lb. How much of each kind of coffee should be used to make 70 lb. of the mixture?

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A grocer is mixing 40 cent per lb. coffee with 60 cent per lb. coffee to make a mixture worth 54 cent per lb. How much of each kind of coffee should be used to make 70 lb. of the mixture?

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