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14 November, 01:03

A coffee distributor needs to mix a (n) Costa Rican coffee blend that normally sells for $9.50 per pound with a Kenya coffee blend that normally sells for $13.80 per pound to create 70 pounds of a coffee that can sell for $13.49 per pound. How many pounds of each kind of coffee should they mix?

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  1. 14 November, 03:48
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    5,11 pounds of Costa Rican coffee and 64,89 pounds of Kenya coffee

    Explanation:

    First, we need to know the proportion of every coffee in the mix trying with different percentages until getting the result of $13,49

    ($9,50*25%) + ($13,80*75%) = $12,73

    ($9,50*10%) + ($13,80*90%) = $13,37

    ($9,50*7,5%) + ($13,80*92,5%) = $13,48

    ($9,50*7,3%) + ($13,80*92,7%) = $13,49

    So, the percentage of Costa Rican coffee is 7,3% and Kenya coffee is 92,7%

    And we can get the pounds required to get 70 pounds

    70*7,3%=5,11

    70*92,7%=64,89

    We need 5,11 pounds of Costa Rican coffee and 64,89 pounds of Kenyan coffee to create 70 pounds of mixed coffee that can sell for $13,49 per pound
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