Set up systems of equations and solve by any appropriate method. All numbers are accurate to at

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Set up systems of equations and solve by any appropriate method. All numbers are accurate to at least two significant digits.

Gold loses about 5.3%, and silver about 10%, of its weight when immersed in water. If a gold-silver alloy weighs 6.0 N in air and 5.6 N in water, find the weight in air of the gold and the silver in the alloy.

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Basic Technical Mathematics

ISBN: 9780137529896

12th Edition

Authors: Allyn J. Washington, Richard Evans

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