A merchant blends tea that sells for $3.00 per pound with tea that sells for $2.75 per poundto produce 120 lbs of a mixture that sells for $2.90 per pound. How many pounds od each tea does the merchant use in the blend?
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00 per pound tea, and \( y \) be the number of pounds of the $2.75 per pound tea. We know that the total weight of the mixture is 120 pounds. Therefore, we can write the first equation as: \[ x + y = 120 \] Show more…
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