A store manager wants to mix two different brands of coffee to make 480 pounds to sell at $2.68 a pound. He uses a brand of coffee worth $2.50 a pound and another brand worth $2.80 a pound. How many pounds of each should be used?

Let's define:

X = number of pounds of the brand 1 (price = $2.50 per pound)

Y = number of pounds of the brand 2 (price = $2.80 per pound)

We want to make a mix of 480 pounds, then:

X + Y = 480.

And we want the mean price to be $2.68, then:

(X*$2.50 + Y*$2.80)/480 = $2.68

Then we have a system of equations:

X + Y = 480

(X*$2.50 + Y*$2.80)/480 = $2.68

To solve this, the first step will be to isolate one variable in one of the equations, and then replace this in the other equation.

Let's isolate X in the first eq.

X = 480 - Y.

Now we can replace this in the other equation and get:

((480 - Y)*$2.50 + Y*$2.80)/480 = $2.68

Now let's solve this for Y.

((480 - Y)*$2.50 + Y*$2.80) = $2.68*480 = $1,286.40

$1,200 + Y*$0.30 = $1,286.40

y*$0.30 =  $1,286.40 - $1,200 = $86.40

Y = $86.40/$0.30 = 288

Then:

X = 480 - Y = 480 - 288 = 192

Then the manager must use 192 pounds of the brand that costs $2.50 per pound, and 288 pounds of the brand that costs $2.80 per pound.

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

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