document.write( "Question 1055918: A craftperson has two alloys of silver. The first on is 70% pure silver and the second one is 50% silver. How many kilograms of each must be mixed to have 12kg of an alloy which is 65% silver? \n" ); document.write( "
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x the amount of the 70% solution
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\n" ); document.write( ".70x + .50(12kg-x) = .65(12kg)
\n" ); document.write( "x = .15(12kg)/.20
\n" ); document.write( "find x, amount of the 70% solution
\n" ); document.write( "\"12kg+-+x\" = amount of the 50% solution
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