Deandre's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Deandre  $4.55  per pound, and type B coffee costs  $5.70  per pound. This month, Deandre made  134 pounds of the blend, for a total cost of $679.85 . How many pounds of type B coffee did he use

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Deandre's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Deandre 

$4.55

 per pound, and type B coffee costs 

$5.70

 per pound. This month, Deandre made 

134 pounds of the blend, for a total cost of $679.85

. How many pounds of type B coffee did he use

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