Suppose you have two alloys: (A), with 7 ounces of silver per pound, (B), with 11 ounces of silver per pound, You want to make 15 pounds of an alloy with 9 ounces of silver per pound. Use Leonardo's method of double false position to solve:

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Suppose you have two alloys:

(A), with 7 ounces of silver per pound, (B), with 11 ounces of silver per pound.

You want to make 15 pounds of an alloy with 9 ounces of silver per pound.

Use Leonardo's method of double false position to solve:

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This will require [blank] pounds of alloy A and [blank] pounds of alloy B.
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose you have two alloys: (A), with 7 ounces of silver per pound, (B), with 11 ounces of silver per pound. You want to make 15 pounds of an alloy with 9 ounces of silver per pound. Use Leonardo's method of double false position to solve: [Text editing interface showing various formatting options] This will require [blank] pounds of alloy A and [blank] pounds of alloy B.
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