Step 1:
A jeweler has
rings, each weight is
.
Total rings weight is
.
Its made of an alloy of
silver and
gold.
He decides to melt down the rings and add enough silver to reduce the gold content to
.
The equation is
.
Find the howmuch silver should be added.
\Solve the equation.
\
Solution:
\\
silver should be added to reduce the gold content to
.