distributor needs to blend a mix of Gazebo coffee that normally sells for $13.50 per pound with a Gualtemala Antigua coffee that normally sells for $14.70 per pound to create 60 pounds of a coffee that can sell for $14.48 per pound. How many pounds of each kind of coffee should they mix?

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A distributor needs to blend a mix of Gazebo coffee that normally sells for $13.50 per pound with a Gualtemala Antigua coffee that normally sells for $14.70 per pound to create 60 pounds of a coffee that can sell for $14.48 per pound. How many pounds of each kind of coffee should they mix?

A) Write an equation using the information as it is given above that can be solved to answer the question.
Use   xx  as your variable to represent the quantity of Gazebo coffee.
Equation:   

B) (Round your answers to the nearest whole number of pounds.)
Answer: They must mix
 pounds of the Gazebo coffee.
 pounds of the Gualtemala Antigua coffee.
 

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 










 

 

 



 

 

 

 
 


    


    


    
 

 

 

 

 

 
       
       
       
 

 

 

 
       
       
       
 

 

 

 
       
       
       
 

 

 

 
       
       
       
 

 

 

 
 
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