Sarah Meeham blends coffee for Tasti-Delight. She needs to prepare 150 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $5.54 per pound. She plans to do this by blending tighter a high-quality bean costing $6.25 per pound and a cheaper bean $3.25 per pound. To the nearest pound, find how much high-quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she should blend.

Mrs. julien’s and mrs. castillejo’s classes are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and packages of triple chocolate cookie dough. mrs. julien’s class sold 25 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 30 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $221.25. mrs. castillejo’s class sold 5 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 45 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $191.25. (a) write the system of equations that model the problem. be sure to explain which equation represents which situation. (b) find the cost of each type of cookie. show your work. (c) explain which method you used to solve the system and why you chose that method.