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document.write( "\"A jewel has five rings, each weighing 18grams, made of an alloy of 10% silver and 90% gold. He decides to melt down the rings and add enough silver to reduce the gold content to 7.5%. How much silver could he add? \"
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Algebra.Com's Answer #603240 by KMST(5328)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The total amount of metal in that jewel amounts to \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The total amount of gold in that jewel amounts to \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "If that \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Obviously the total amount of metal added was \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "so the amount of silver he could add is |