Question

 40 Points! A coffee mixture has beans that sell for $0.52 a pound and beans that sell for $0.28. If 130 pounds of beans create a mixture worth $0.64 a pound, how much of each bean is used? Model the scenario then solve it. Then, in two or more sentences explain whether your solution is or is not reasonable. Work this out please, my teacher made this question for me and I don't know how to do it.

Answer 1

Hello Jsurginer2000otz2ik, Let x be the number of pounds of beans that sells for $0.72 used and y be the number of pounds of beans that sells for $0.52 used. Then:
x + y = 110 . . . (1)
0.72x + 0.52y = 81.4 . . . (2)
From (1), x = 110 - y . . . (3)
Putting (3) into (2) gives
0.72(110 - y) + 0.52y = 81.4
79.2 - 0.72y + 0.52y = 81.4
79.2 - 0.2y = 81.4
0.2y = 79.2 - 81.4 = -2.2
y = -2.2/0.2 = -11
x = 110 - (-11) = 110 + 11 = 121

The solution is not reasonable because, there cannot be negative value for the number of pounds of beans used.
And 121 pounds of beans cannot produce 110 pounds.

Answer 2

Answer:

121 pounds of beans cannot produce 110 pounds.

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