SOLUTION: In a land far away, green goo varies jointly with blue goo and red goo. There are 288 pounds of green goo when 8 pounds of blue goo and 3 pounds of red goo are present. Therefore,

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Question 1105897: In a land far away, green goo varies jointly with blue goo and red goo. There are 288 pounds of green goo when 8 pounds of blue goo and 3 pounds of red goo are present. Therefore, there will be _____ pounds of green goo when 14 pounds of blue goo and 16 pounds of red goo are present.
Answer by ikleyn(52797)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From the condition,

G = 288 = k*B*R = k*8*3 = k*24,   which implies  k =  = 12.


Then for the second scenario,  G = k*B*R = 12*14*16 = 2688.

Answer.   There will be  2688  pounds of green goo.   . . . In a land far away . . .



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