As he wants to make 14 grams of an alloy by adding two different alloys that is precisely 75% gold, so one alloy must have a percentage of gold more than 75%.

One alloy is 82% gold and, the second can be chosen between 25% gold, 50% gold, so there are two cases.

Case 1: 82% gold + 50% gold

Let x grams of 82% gold and y grams of 50% gold added to make x+y=14 grams of 75% gold, so

75% of 14 = 82% of x + 50% of y

$\Rightarrow 75/100 \times 14 = 82/100 \times x + 50/100 \times y \\\\$

$\Rightarrow 75/100 \times 14 = 82/100 \times x + 50/100 \times (14-x)$ [as x+y=14]

$\Rightarrow 75 \times 14 = 82 \times x + 50 \times (14-x) \\\\\Rightarrow 75 \times 14 = 82 \times x + 50 \times14-50\times x \\\\\Rightarrow 75 \times 14 = 32 \times x + 50 \times14 \\\\\Rightarrow 32 \times x =75 \times 14 - 50 \times14 \\\\$

$\Rightarrow x =(25 \times 14)/32=10.9375$ grams

and $y = 14-x= 14-10.9375=3.0625$ grams.

Hence, 10.9375 grams of 82% gold and 3.0625 grams of 50% gold added to make 14 grams of 75% gold.

Case 2: 82% gold + 25% gold

Let x grams of 82% gold and y grams of 25% gold added to make x+y=14 grams of 75% gold, so

75% of 14 = 82% of x + 25% of y

$\Rightarrow 75/100 \times 14 = 82/100 \times x + 25/100 \times y \\\\\Rightarrow 75/100 \times 14 = 82/100 \times x + 25/100 \times (14-x) \\\\ \Rightarrow 75 \times 14 = 82 \times x + 25 \times (14-x) \\\\\Rightarrow 75 \times 14 = 82 \times x + 25 \times14-25\times x \\\\\Rightarrow 75 \times 14 = 57 \times x + 25 \times14 \\\\\Rightarrow 57 \times x =75 \times 14 - 25 \times14 \\\\$

$\Rightarrow x =(50 \times 14)/57=12.28$ grams

and $y = 14-x= 14-12.28=1.72$ grams.

Hence, 12.28 grams of 82% gold and 1.72 grams of 50% gold added to make 14 grams of 75% gold.

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Beth says that the graph of g(x) = + 1 is a translation of 5 units to the left and 1 unit up of f(x) = . She continues to explai

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Beth's description of the transformation is incorrect

<h3>Complete question</h3>

Beth says that the graph of g(x)=x-5+1 is a translation of 5 units to the left and 1 unit up of f(x) = x. She continues to explain that the point (0,0) on the square root function would be translated to the point (-5,1) on the graph of g(x). Is Beth's description of the transformation correct? Explain

<h3>How to determine the true statement?</h3>

The functions are given as:

g(x) = x - 5 + 1

f(x) = x

When the function f(x) is translated 5 units left, we have:

f(x + 5) = x + 5

When the above function is translated 1 unit up, we have:

f(x + 5) + 1 = x + 5 + 1

This means that the actual equation of g(x) should be

g(x) = x + 5 + 1

And not g(x) = x - 5 + 1

By comparison;

g(x) = x - 5 + 1 and g(x) = x + 5 + 1 are not the same

Hence, Beth's description of the transformation is incorrect

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