SOLUTION: 1 ft cubic squared of silt was mixed into 5 ft cubic square of soil containing 10% silt. What is the silt content of the mixture ?
A) 8% B) 25% C) 20% D) 10%
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A) 8% B) 25% C) 20% D) 10%
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Question 1098990: 1 ft cubic squared of silt was mixed into 5 ft cubic square of soil containing 10% silt. What is the silt content of the mixture ?
A) 8% B) 25% C) 20% D) 10% Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Fombitz:Answer by ikleyn(52866) (Show Source):
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1 ft cubic of silt was mixed into 5 ft cubic of soil containing 10% silt. What is the silt content of the mixture ?
A) 8% B) 25% C) 20% D) 10%
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Silt volume is 1 cubic ft + 0.1*5 cubic ft = 1.5 cubic ft.
The total volume is 1 cubic ft + 5 cubic ft = 6 cubic ft.
The ratio of the silt volume to the total volume is = 0.25 = 25%.
Answer. 25%. Option B).
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The original amount of silt was,
Now there is, of silt
And there is a total of mixture.
So the new concentration is,
Work that out for the answer.
