SOLUTION: A chemical compound is made up of 5 parts of Chemical A for every 8 parts of Chemical B. (This means, for example, the if you had 5 grams of Chemical A, you could combine it with 8
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Question 661578: A chemical compound is made up of 5 parts of Chemical A for every 8 parts of Chemical B. (This means, for example, the if you had 5 grams of Chemical A, you could combine it with 8 grams of Chemical B to make a compound) IF you has 17 grams of the compound, how many grams of Chemical A does it contain?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
given:
gm
Substitute this into the 1st equation
Multiply both sides by
gm answer
and
( you can do the divisions )
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