Answer:
tons of high steel and tons of low steel
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the number of tons of high grade steel and y be the number of tons ow low grade steel needed.
In x tons of high grade steel there are
tons of iron
tons of magnese
In y tons of low grade steel there are
tons of iron
tons of magnese
NASA orders 500 tons of steel, so
and specifies that it must be in the proportion 80% iron and 20% magnese, so
From the first equation,
Substitute it into the second equation:
Answer:
1.71
Step-by-step explanation:
x/4 = 3/7
4 * 3 = 12
12/7 = 1.714285714285714
Rounded to the nearest hundreths, the answer is 1.71
Answer:
D.) 1 3/5
Step-by-step explanation:
You need 1/5 cups of flour 8 times so you need to multiply 1/5 by 8.
1/5 × 8 = 8/5
Then simplify.
8/5 = 5/5 + 3/5 = 1 3/5
What kind of operation is this ? it just says x and a nine.