Question

Brass is made from a mixture of copper and other elements. a mixture that is 80% copper is combined with a mixture that is 60% copper, resulting in 100 pounds of brass that is 65% copper. which equation can be used to find x, the amount of 60% mixture used to create the 65% mixture?

Answer 1

The equation that can be used to find x, the amount of the 60% mixture used to create the 65% mixture is:

0.60*x + 0.80*(100 - x) = 0.65*(100).    

Which equation we should use?

First, let's define two variables:

• x = pounds of the 60% copper brass.
• y = pounds of the 80% copper brass.

We know that we want to make 100 lb of 65% copper brass, then we must have that:

x + y = 100

And the percentage of copper before and after mixing must be the same, so we can write:

0.60*x + 0.80*y = 0.65*(x + y).

(where the percentages are written in decimal form).

Then we have a system of equations:

x + y = 100

0.60*x + 0.80*y = 0.65*(x + y).

To get a single equation, we can isolate the variable "y" on the first equation:

y = 100 - x

Now we replace that in the other equation:

0.60*x + 0.80*(100 - x) = 0.65*(100).      

This is what we wanted to get, an equation that can be used to find x, the amount of the 60% mixture used to create the 65% mixture.

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