Question 123591: An alloy of silver and gold is to be recast with an addition of silver. The alloy consists of 80 oz, of which 10 oz are gold. If the new alloy is to have only 1/5 of gold in 5 oz, how much silver must be added?
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An alloy of silver and gold is to be recast with an addition of silver. The alloy consists of 80 oz, of which 10 oz are gold. If the new alloy is to have only 1/5 of gold in 5 oz, how much silver must be added?
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there is something wrong here, at least as I understand it
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You start out with an alloy that is 1/8 gold (10/80)
You want a resulting alloy that is 1/5 gold
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1/5 is more than 1/8 so adding silver would not do this, you would have to add gold.
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