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document.write( "A silversmith combined pure silver that cost $5.20 per ounce with 50 oz of a silver alloy that cost $ 2.80 per ounce. How many ounces of the pure silver were used to make an alloy of silver costing $4.40 per ounce? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A silversmith combined pure silver that cost $5.20 per ounce with 50 oz of a<BR>\n" );
document.write( " silver alloy that cost $ 2.80 per ounce. How many ounces of the pure silver<BR>\n" );
document.write( " were used to make an alloy of silver costing $4.40 per ounce?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Treat it like a typical mixture problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = amt of pure silver required ($5.20)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the resulting total is 50 oz,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(50-x) = amt of $2.80 silver required<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5.2x + 2.8(50-x) = 4.4(50)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x </SPAN>\n" );
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