A grocer has 2 kinds of tea, one that sells for $8.00 per pound and the other that sells for $6.00 per pound. How many pounds of
each kind must he use to make 50 pounds of tea that will sell for $7.40 per pound? Answer in _____ pounds of $8.00 tea and _____ pounds of $6.00 tea
ASAP-WILL MARK BRANLIEST!
Let x represent the pounds of tea of the $8 kind. 8x would represent the total cost of that type of tea. We can also say 50 - x is the pounds of tea of the $6 kind, so 6(50 - x) is the total cost of that type of tea. 50 * 7.4 represents the total cost of all the tea, and the expression 8x + 6(50 -x) would also represent the same thing. We can write this as an equation,
