Answer:
- 12.5 ounces of 12% alloy
- 37.5 ounces of 24% alloy
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the amount (in ounces) of 24% alloy in the mix. Then the amount of 12% alloy is (50 -x). The amount of silver in the mix is ...
24%·x + 12%·(50 -x) = 21%·50
12x = 450 . . . . . . simplify, multiply by 100 (to eliminate %), and subtract 600
x = 37.5 . . . . . . . divide by 12
The jeweler needs to mix 37.5 ounces of 24% silver alloy with 12.5 ounces of 12% silver alloy to make 50 ounces of 21% silver alloy.
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I'm assuming all of (x^2+9) is in the denominator. If that assumption is correct, then,
One possible answer is
Another possible answer is
There are many ways to do this. The idea is that when we have f( g(x) ), we basically replace every x in f(x) with g(x)
So in the first example above, we would have
In that third step, g(x) was replaced with x^2+9 since g(x) = x^2+9.
Similar steps will happen with the second example as well (when g(x) = x^2)