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At a price of $4, the quantity of coffee that people want to buy is Blank 1 pound(s). At a price of $4, the quantity of coffee that firms want to sell is Blank 2 pound(s).

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Principles of Economics
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00:01 So there's a coffee manufacturer, and they want to sell a blend of two coffees.
00:07 We'll say coffee a.
00:08 Coffee a costs $2 .75 per pound.
00:16 Coffee b is $5 per pound.
00:22 And when blended together to make this new coffee, it costs $4 .10 per pound.
00:32 So what amounts of each coffee should be blended, so we'll say a plus b, in order to obtain the desired mixture? and it's telling us to assume 100 pounds of coffee is what we're blending.
00:50 So if a plus b is equal to 100 pounds.
00:56 So a's in pounds, b's in pounds, total is 100 pounds.
01:01 Then we know that 275...
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