Question

A statue is made of gold and silver in the ratio of 2:5. If the weight of the silver in the statue is 140 pounds, what is the weight of the gold?

Answer 1

140=5
56=2

The weight of the gold is 56.

You do 140 divided by 5 to get 28. Then 28x2 to get 56.

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Answer 2

Answer: 56 pounds

Explanation:

Given : A statue is made of gold and silver in the ratio of 2:5.

`\frac{\text{Weight of gold }}{\text{Weight of silver }}=(2)/(5)` (1)

The weight of the silver in the statue is 140 pounds.

Let the weight of the gold be x ( pounds).

Then the ratio of weight of gold and silver will be :-

`\frac{\text{Weight of gold }}{\text{Weight of silver }}=(x)/(140)` (2)

From (1) and (2), we have

`(x)/(140)=(2)/(5)`

Multiply 140 on both sides , we get

`x=(2)/(5)*140=56\text{ pounds}`

Hence, the weight of the gold = 56 pounds