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How many ounces of pure gold must be added to five ounces of something that is 1% gol
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Could you please tell me how to set up the following problem?
How many ounces of pure gold must be added to five ounces of something that is 1% gold in order that the mixture is 6% gold?
Thanks! Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x=amount of pure gold needed
Now we know that the amount of pure gold added (x) plus the amount of pure gold in the 1% alloy (0.01)*5 has to equal the amount of pure gold in the final mixture (5+x)*0.06. So our equation to solve is:
x+0.01*5=0.06(5+x) get rid of parens and simplify
x+0.05=0.3+0.06x subtract 0.06x and also 0.05 from both sides
x-0.06x+0.05-0.05=0.3-0.05+0.06x-0.06x collect like terms
0.94x=0.25
x=0.266 oz
0.266+0.05=0.06(5.266)
0.316~~~0.316
