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A gourmet coffee shop has a weekly budget for 2 imported coffee beans. Sixty dollars per week is allotted for Italian beans and Kenyan beans. Italian beans cost $10/lb and Kenyan beans cost $15/lb.

Write a formula for the number of pounds of Kenyan beans, K, the gourmet coffee shop can buy as a function of the number of Italian beans, I, can buy.

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It explains how to set up the linear equations for a real life coffee shop scenario.

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K: number of pounds of kenyan beans
The cost of Kenyan beans is $15/lb. to buy K pounds of Kenyan ...

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