SOLUTION: A clothing manufacturer has some pure silk thread and some thread that is 80% silk. How many kilograms of each must be woven together to make 60 kg of cloth that is 95% silk?

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Question 1196974: A clothing manufacturer has some pure silk thread and some thread that is 80% silk. How many kilograms of each must be woven together to make 60 kg of cloth that is 95% silk?
pure silk thread______ kg
80% silk thread______ kg
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52780)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
THREAD              FRCT.SILK      KILOGRAMS

PURE SILK             1.0            Q

80% SILK              0.8            60-Q

FINISHED CLOTH        0.95           60


This should be perfectly understandable and needs no further explanation.
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