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Eva created a coffee blend for her restaurant by mixing Kenya and French Roast coffee beans. The Kenya beans cost $15 per pound and the French Roast costs $8 per pound. She bought a total of 10 pounds of coffee for a total of $97.50.

How much of each type of bean did she buy?

A) 2.5 lbs Kenya and 7.5 lbs French Roast

B) 3 lbs Kenya and 7 lbs French Roast

C) 1.5 lbs Kenya and 8.5 lbs French Roast

D) 4 lbs Kenya and 6 lbs French Roast

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The solution depicts the steps to find out the coffee mix by developing a system of linear equations in the given case.

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Let the quantity of Kenya beans be K and quantity of French beans be F.
Total quantity purchased is ...

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