This document discusses strategies for solving systems of equations problems and provides an example problem. The key steps are:
1. Set up the problem by writing two equations with the variables and known values. For the coffee blend problem, the equations relate the amounts of Arabic and Colombian coffee to the total blend amount and price.
2. Choose an elimination method like addition or subtraction to eliminate one variable from both equations.
3. Solve the resulting equation for the eliminated variable. Then substitute back into one of the original equations to find the value of the remaining variable.
For the coffee blend problem, the elimination method yields the amounts of Colombian and Arabic coffee needed for a 26 lb blend that sells for $
This document discusses strategies for solving systems of equations problems and provides an example problem. The key steps are:
1. Set up the problem by writing two equations with the variables and known values. For the coffee blend problem, the equations relate the amounts of Arabic and Colombian coffee to the total blend amount and price.
2. Choose an elimination method like addition or subtraction to eliminate one variable from both equations.
3. Solve the resulting equation for the eliminated variable. Then substitute back into one of the original equations to find the value of the remaining variable.
For the coffee blend problem, the elimination method yields the amounts of Colombian and Arabic coffee needed for a 26 lb blend that sells for $
This document discusses strategies for solving systems of equations problems and provides an example problem. The key steps are:
1. Set up the problem by writing two equations with the variables and known values. For the coffee blend problem, the equations relate the amounts of Arabic and Colombian coffee to the total blend amount and price.
2. Choose an elimination method like addition or subtraction to eliminate one variable from both equations.
3. Solve the resulting equation for the eliminated variable. Then substitute back into one of the original equations to find the value of the remaining variable.
For the coffee blend problem, the elimination method yields the amounts of Colombian and Arabic coffee needed for a 26 lb blend that sells for $
What are some problem solving strategies you have felt like worked for
you in this module?
I really enjoyed working on system of equations problems (is a set of two or more equations, in two or more variables, for which a solution is sought.) System of equations problems allow you to breakdown the problem in simple steps. Example 1. Your favorite Coffee Shop (I love coffee shop questions) sells their Arabic Coffee grounds for $8.00 per pound. They sell their Columbian Coffee grounds for $12.00 per pound. Due to frequent customer request a blend is created and sells for $10.00 per pound. How much Arabic, and how much Columbian coffee grounds is needed to go into a 26 lb blend? Well, the breakdown is quite simple. I usually make a small table, next I plug in variables. Let Arabic Coffee= X And Columbian Coffee= Y We need a 26 lb blend= x+y=26 26 lb blend sells for $10.00= 26(10)=260 We plug in our variables again for equation 2: 8x+12y=260 At this point we have our problem set up. We solve this problem using the elimination method: X+y=26 8x+12y=260 *We can eliminate the first variable of each equation by first multiplying the top equation by -8. -8(x+y=26) -8x-8y=-208 8x+12y=260 *add the two equations. This eliminates x. 4y=52 *divide by 4 to solve for y. Y=13 13 lbs of Colombian Coffee grounds. Now we can plug this information into equation one to solve for x. X+13=26 *this step is quite simple, the answer is x=13/13 lbs of Arabic coffee. If needed, or if we had bigger numbers, decimals, or fractions we would breakdown this process by adding/subtracting the number to both sides.
This process works great! And can also be used if you owned your own business, or if you're selling goods.