SOLUTION: A piece of metal is described as follows; 1/3 plus 24 oz. is brass. 3/4 minus 42 oz. is copper. Determine weight of metal piece. Not sure how to solve.

Question 1205359: A piece of metal is described as follows;
1/3 plus 24 oz. is brass.
3/4 minus 42 oz. is copper.
Determine weight of metal piece.
Not sure how to solve.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Looking for improvements for the description, say the amount of the piece of metal is p ounces.

1/3 plus 24 oz. is brass.
ounces of brass
ounces of brass

3/4 minus 42 oz. is copper.
ounces of copper

Again recall, p is assigned as the amount of the piece of metal. In ounces.
--------does this make sense? Quantity of the brass plus quantity of the copper is the amount quantity of the piece of metal.

The algebra steps to solve for p.

RELATED QUESTIONS
A piece of metal is described as follows: 1/m part plus a oz. is brass. m/n part... (answered by Alan3354)

Ref. Question 1051887: Related problem; A piece of metal 1/3 plus 24 oz. is brass,... (answered by Alan3354)

A piece of metal is 1 ft. long, 6 in. wide, and 4 in. thick, and weighs 3037 oz.... (answered by Boreal,ikleyn)

A metal alloy weighing 2 oz. and containing 80% silver is melted and mixed with 3 oz. of... (answered by josmiceli)

A metal is compossed of copper and zinc in the ratio 3:2 by volume. Find the volume of a... (answered by josgarithmetic)

Brass is an alloy the contains the metals copper and zinc. Copper typically accounts for... (answered by mananth)

A metal alloy weighing 12 oz. and containing 55% silver is melted and mixed with 3 oz.... (answered by lynnlo)

A metallurgist needs to make 3 oz. of an alloy containing 76% platinum. She is going to... (answered by mananth)

1) 7 fl. oz. of a 70% sugar solution was mixed with 3 fl. oz. of pure water. Find the... (answered by josmiceli,josgarithmetic)