Coffee blends. A coffee company uses Colombian and Brazilian coffee beans to produce two blends, robust and mild. A pound of the robust blend requires 12 ounces of Colombian beans and 4 ounces of Brazilian beans. A pound of the mild blend requires 6 ounces of Colombian beans and 10 ounces of Brazilian beans. Coffee is shipped in 132 -pound burlap bags. The company has 50 bags of Colombian beans and 40 bags of Brazilian beans on hand. How many pounds of each blend should the company produce in order to use all the available beans?
Coffee blends. A coffee company uses Colombian and Brazilian coffee beans to produce two blends, robust and mild. A pound of the robust blend requires 12 ounces of Colombian beans and 4 ounces of Brazilian beans. A pound of the mild blend requires 6 ounces of Colombian beans and 10 ounces of Brazilian beans. Coffee is shipped in 132 -pound burlap bags. The company has 50 bags of Colombian beans and 40 bags of Brazilian beans on hand. How many pounds of each blend should the company produce in order to use all the available beans?
Solution Summary: The author calculates the weight (in pounds) of each blend that the company will produce using all available beans.
Coffee blends. A coffee company uses Colombian and Brazilian coffee beans to produce two blends, robust and mild. A pound of the robust blend requires
12
ounces of Colombian beans and
4
ounces of Brazilian beans. A pound of the mild blend requires
6
ounces of Colombian beans and
10
ounces of Brazilian beans. Coffee is shipped in
132
-pound burlap bags. The company has
50
bags of Colombian beans and
40
bags of Brazilian beans on hand. How many pounds of each blend should the company produce in order to use all the available beans?
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