SOLUTION: A chemist has two alloys, one of which is 15% gold and 20% lead and the other which is 40% gold and 30% lead. How many grams of each of the two alloys should be used to make an all
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Question 1106493: A chemist has two alloys, one of which is 15% gold and 20% lead and the other which is 40% gold and 30% lead. How many grams of each of the two alloys should be used to make an alloy that contains 101.5 g of gold and 119 g of lead?
Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This problem is a TWIN to the other one, which I solved under this link
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/misc/Miscellaneous_Word_Problems.faq.question.1106464.html
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/misc/Miscellaneous_Word_Problems.faq.question.1106464.html
It is your sample. Read it attentively, and solve THIS problem in the same way.
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