SOLUTION: A piece of metal is described as follows;
1/3 plus 24 oz. is brass.
3/4 minus 42 oz. is copper.
Determine weight of metal piece.
Not sure how to solve.
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1/3 plus 24 oz. is brass.
3/4 minus 42 oz. is copper.
Determine weight of metal piece.
Not sure how to solve.
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Question 1205359: A piece of metal is described as follows;
1/3 plus 24 oz. is brass.
3/4 minus 42 oz. is copper.
Determine weight of metal piece.
Not sure how to solve.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Looking for improvements for the description, say the amount of the piece of metal is p ounces.
1/3 plus 24 oz. is brass. ounces of brass ounces of brass
3/4 minus 42 oz. is copper. ounces of copper
Again recall, p is assigned as the amount of the piece of metal. In ounces. --------does this make sense? Quantity of the brass plus quantity of the copper is the amount quantity of the piece of metal.
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