document.write( "Question 827158: What amounts of 50% pure silver and 60% pure silver should be mixed to obtain 14 grams of 58% pure silver? \n" ); document.write( "

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im no good at mixing problems but seen how its already answerted id give u my closest guess to guess n check version....
\n" ); document.write( "theres 14 total grams of this silver mixture and since 58% is closer to 60% then 50% there will be alot more of the 60% then of the 50% used
\n" ); document.write( "i started with 2 grams of 50% and 12 grams of 60% which comes out to 58.571428...repeating
\n" ); document.write( "so i upped it to 2.5grams and 11.5grams which comes to
\n" ); document.write( "58.21428571428...
\n" ); document.write( "so i upped it to $\"highlight_green%282.8%29\"$ grams and $\"highlight_green%2811.2%29\"$ grams which comes to
\n" ); document.write( "exactly 58%\r
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