document.write( "Question 128861This question is from textbook Introductory Algebra
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A goldsmith has two alloys that are different purities of gold. The first is three-fourths pure gold and the second is five-twelths pure gold. How many ounces of each should be melted and mixed in order to obtain a 6-oz. mixture that is two-thirds pure gold?
\n" ); document.write( "I have come up with:
\n" ); document.write( "First + Second = Mixture
\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 6 oz
\n" ); document.write( "3/4 + 5/12 = 2/3
\n" ); document.write( "3/4x + 5/12y = ?4
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A goldsmith has two alloys that are different purities of gold. The first is three-fourths pure gold and the second is five-twelths pure gold. How many ounces of each should be melted and mixed in order to obtain a 6-oz. mixture that is two-thirds pure gold?
\n" ); document.write( "I have come up with:
\n" ); document.write( "First + Second = Mixture
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"x\" be amount of (3/4) gold ; Let \"y\" be amount of (5/12) gold.
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\n" ); document.write( "Weight Equation: x + y = 6 oz
\n" ); document.write( "Gold Equation: (3/4)x + (5/12)y = (2/3)6 = 4 oz\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Rearrange:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 6-y
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute to solve for y:
\n" ); document.write( "(3/4)(6-y) + (5/12)y = 4
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply thru by 12 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "9(6-y) + 5y = 48
\n" ); document.write( "54-9y + 5y = 48
\n" ); document.write( "-4y = -6
\n" ); document.write( "y = 3/2 (amount of 5/12 gold)
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute into x = 6-y to solve for \"x\":
\n" ); document.write( "x = 6-(3/2)= 9/2 (amount of 3/4 gold)
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\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r
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