Melissa's Coffee Shop makes a blend that is a mixture of two types of coffee. Type A coffee costs Melissa $ 5.95 per pound, and
type B coffee costs $ 4.15 per pound. This month's blend used three times as many pounds of type B coffee as type A, for a total cost of $ 644.00 . How many pounds of type A coffee were used?
<span>B=89 lbs ANSWER: The mix contained 89 pounds of Type B coffee. CHECK: 167lbs-89lbs=78 lbs She used 78 pounds of Type A coffee. $4.35A+$5.70B=$846.60 $4.35(78)+$5.70(89)=$846.60 $339.30+$507.30=$846.60 $846.60=$846.60</span>
