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,
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! .
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 . . .