document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=342207>Question 342207</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sixty grams of an alloy that contains less that 15% gold is melted together with 45 g of an alloy that is 20% gold. What do you know about the amount of gold in the resulting alloy? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sixty grams of an alloy that contains less that 15% gold <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x <15% * 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x <15/100 * 60 = 15/10 * 6 = 3/2 * 6 = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x<9grams\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Call the amount of gold in the second alloy y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45 g of an alloy that is 20% gold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y < 20/100 * 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y<8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the amount of gold in the resulting alloy is the sum of the 2 so it is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+y) <9 + 8 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+y)<17g\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you want to put this in percentage terms, we have a total weight of 60 + 45 = 105g<BR>\n" );
document.write( "%gold <17/105 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "%gold<16%<BR>\n" );
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