document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=224937>Question 224937</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This word problem was assigned in my Calculas class.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I think the answer is b but I can not set it up using algebra to solve.  Please help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose we have a cup of coffee and a cup of cream containing an equal volume of liquid and suppose we do the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. Transfer a Tablespoon of cream and put it into the cup of coffee.  We stir it in completely.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. We then transfer a tablespoon of the cream-in-the-coffee mixture back into the cream cup and stir completely.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AFter these steps decide which of these statements is true(in the sense of volume)Explain your answer using ALGEBRA.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.There is more coffee in the original \"cream cup\" than there is cream in the original \"coffee cup\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.There is more cream in the original \"coffee cup\" than there is coffee in the original \"cream cup\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. None of the above. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #167986 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=167986\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> there are 16 tablespoons in a cup, but the exact size of the transfer is not crucial<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ working with 10% (or .10) is easier\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "start with 2 cups containing 10 ounces<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ take one ounce of cream from the cream cup to the coffee cup<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ this gives a mixture that is 1/11 cream and 10/11 coffee\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when you transfer the ounce of liquid back to the cream cup, 10/11 of the ounce is coffee and 1/11 is cream\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this means that of the 11/11 ounces of cream that you initially transfered, 10/11 are still in the coffee cup<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ this matches the 10/11 ounce of coffee that went into the cream cup\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the final mixture ratios are the SAME for both cups (answer C) </SPAN>\n" );
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