SOLUTION: British sterling silver is a copper-silver alloy that is 7.5% copper by weight. How many grams of pure copper and how many grams of British sterling silver should be used to prepar

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Question 704201: British sterling silver is a copper-silver alloy that is 7.5% copper by weight. How many grams of pure copper and how many grams of British sterling silver should be used to prepare 210 grams of a copper-silver alloy that is 12% copper by weight? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
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x grams pure copper, y grams of the sterling silver.
%281.00x%2B0.075y%29%2F210=0.12
x%2By=210

Solve both for x, then equate the results of x to find y.

x=25 grams pure copper,
y=185 grams sterling silver.