A merchant wishes to blend 200 pounds of coffee worth $3.20 a pound from two mixtures: one at $3.00 a pound and the other at $3.25 a pound. How many pounds of each mixture should he use?

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Answer 1
x pounds of $3
y pounds of $3.25

x+y = 200

300x + 325y = 320*200
300x + 325y = 64000

x+y =200
300x +325y =64000

Solve by eliminating

Multiply top one w/-300

-300y =60000
325y=64000
25y = 4000

y= 160 then

x + 160= 200

x = 40


So the mixture has;

40 pounds of $3 coffee
160 pounds of $3.25 coffee






Answer 2

To create the ideal blend, the merchant should combine 40 pounds of coffee worth $3.00 per pound and 160 pounds of coffee worth $3.25 per pound.

What is ratio?

The ratio can be defined as the number that can be used to represent one quantity as a percentage of another. Only when the two numbers in a ratio have the same unit can they be compared. Ratios are used to compare two objects.

Let's call the amount of coffee worth $3.00 per pound "x" and the amount of coffee worth $3.25 per pound "y".

We know that the total amount of coffee is 200 pounds, so we can write the equation:

x + y = 200

We also know that the total cost of the coffee is $3.20 per pound times 200 pounds, or $640. So we can write another equation based on the cost:

3.00x + 3.25y = 640

Now we have two equations with two variables, so we can solve for x and y.

Let's start by solving for x in the first equation:

x + y = 200

x = 200 - y

Now we can substitute this expression for x into the second equation:

3.00x + 3.25y = 640

3.00(200 - y) + 3.25y = 640

600 - 3.00y + 3.25y = 640

0.25y = 40

y = 160

So we know that the merchant needs to use 160 pounds of coffee worth $3.25 per pound.

We can use the first equation to solve for x:

x + y = 200

x = 40

So the merchant needs to use 40 pounds of coffee worth $3.00 per pound.

Therefore, the merchant should use 40 pounds of coffee worth $3.00 per pound and 160 pounds of coffee worth $3.25 per pound to make the desired blend.

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Greetings!

To add or subtract fractions, we need find a common denominator:

Simplify.
[tex]3/8-(-3/2)[/tex]
[tex]3/8+3/2[/tex]
Find the LCM.
[tex]3/8+12/8[/tex]
The Answer Is:
[tex]15/8[/tex]

Hope this helps.
-Benjamin
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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

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Hello there!

12x + 6y = 60
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Ok so we need to solve 12x + 6y = 60 for x

Let's start by adding -6y to both sides

12x + 6y - 6y = 60 - 6y

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There are 4 groups of three zeros per group giving 4*3 = 12 zeros plus the 0 just after the 6. So in total 12+1 = 13 zeros

If we placed the decimal point just after the 6 we'd have 6.0

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So 13 is the exponent. The value 6.0 or simply 6 is the coefficient. 

Overall, this means 
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the final answer is therefore
[tex]6 \times 10^{13}[/tex]
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d) (4,2)

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Final answer:

The highest common factor of 38 and 34 is 2. Dividing both coefficients by 2 gives us 19d and 17. Therefore, the factored expression of 38d + 34 is 2(19d + 17).

Explanation:

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Therefore, the expression, when factored out, becomes 2(19d + 17). This means that the expression 38d + 34 can thus be factored into 2 times the expression (19d + 17).

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Y=-3
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The contrapositive switches the hypothesis and the conclusion and negates both in this form:
Statement: If A, then B
Contrapositive: If not B, then not A. 

In this case, the statement is: 
 "If the lights are off, there is no one inside."
Contrapositive:
If there is someone inside, the lights are on. 
Final answer:

The contrapositive of the proposition 'If the lights are off, then there is no one inside' is 'If there is someone inside, then the lights are not off'. Contrapositives are formed by negating and interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement, and is a key concept in mathematics.

Explanation:

In logic, the contrapositive of a conditional statement is formed by negating both the hypothesis and the conclusion, and then interchanging the resulting negations. So, the contrapositive of the given proposition 'If the lights are off, then there is no one inside' would be 'If there is someone inside, then the lights are not off'.

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answer
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Add -5.5 to both sides to make the equation:

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w-5.5 = -3.4

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