Kaapo is mixing kona beans and maui beans to make 25 pounds of coffee blend. kona beans cost kaapo $15 per pound and maui beans cost $24 per pound. how many pounds of each coffee bean should kaapo use for his blend to cost him $17.70 per pound?

Kaapo will use 17.5 pounds of Kona beans and 7.5 pounds of Maui beans for his blend to cost him $ 17.70 per pound.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Let's review the information given to us to answer the problem correctly:

Number of pounds of the coffee blend = 25

Cost of Kona beans = US$ 15 per pound

Cost of Maui beans = US$ 24 per pound

Cost of the coffee blend = US$ 17.70 per pound

2. How many pounds of each coffee bean should Kaapo use for his blend to cost him $17.70 per pound?

Let's build our equation to answer the question, this way:

x = Number of pounds of Kona beans for Kaapo's blend

25 - x = Number of pounds of Maui beans for Kaapo's blend

Number of pounds of Kona beans for Kaapo's blend * Cost of Kona beans +  Number of pounds of Maui beans for Kaapo's blend * Cost of Maui beans = Number of pounds of the coffee blend * Cost of the coffee blend

Replacing with the real values, we have:

15x + 24 (25-x) = 17.70 * 25

15x + 600 - 24x = 442.50

-9x = 442.50 - 600

-9x = -157.50

x = -157.50/-9

x = 17.50 ⇒ 25 - x = 7.50

Kaapo will use 17.5 pounds of Kona beans and 7.5 pounds of Maui beans for his blend to cost him $ 17.70 per pound.

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when a figure, such as triangle (xyz) is reflected over the line y = x to create x'y'z' the x-coordinates and y-coordinates of the original image (pre-image) will be reversed for the image. (e.g., (x, y) > (y, x)) this means that the pre-image position of the x- and y-coordinates switch places which in turn provides a mirror like image of the original xyz.  

i notice that when i draw a line segment from x to x', that the points are parallel from each other -- they are exactly across from each other and do not intersect with any other points.  

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