document.write( "Question 982426: Please help me solve this. I've been trying this for hours now.
\n" ); 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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The total amount of metal in that jewel amounts to
\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2A%2818g%29=90g\" .
\n" ); document.write( "\"%2290%25%22=90%2F100=0.9\" , so the \"0.9\" of the rings in the jewel is gold.
\n" ); document.write( "The total amount of gold in that jewel amounts to
\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2A%2818g%29%2A0.9=81g\" .
\n" ); document.write( "If that \"81g\" is going to be \"%227.5%25%22=7.5%2F100=0.075\" of a new total amount \"x\" , then
\n" ); document.write( "\"0.075x=81g\"--->\"x=81g%2F0.075\"--->\"x=1080g\" .
\n" ); document.write( "Obviously the total amount of metal added was
\n" ); document.write( "\"1080g-90g=990g\" , and all that was added silver,
\n" ); document.write( "so the amount of silver he could add is \"highlight%28990g%29\" .
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