SOLUTION: A goldsmith combined pure gold that cost $ 1475 per ounce with an alloy of gold that cost $ 625 per ounce. How many ounces of each were used to make 50 oz of gold alloy costing $ 8

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Question 901571: A goldsmith combined pure gold that cost $ 1475 per ounce with an alloy of gold that cost $ 625 per ounce. How many ounces of each were used to make 50 oz of gold alloy costing $ 880 per ounce?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The concentration is not focused on the Gold, but instead on the MONEY.

Let u = ounces of low cost alloy
Let v = ounces of the pure gold
%28625%2Au%2B1475%2Av%29%2F%2850%29=880 and u%2Bv=50