Question

The ratio of gold and bronze in an alloy is 2:5. if 5he weight of bronze in the alloy is 4.5 g. find the weight of gold in the alloy
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Answer 1

Answer:

1.6

Step-by-step explanation:

gold=2 when bronze=5

gold=x when bronze=4.5  

you just need to make them into fractions, and figure that in the second ratio, bronze is missing 10 percent so gold should be too, so the x is 1.6