Question

Country A produces about four times the amount of diamonds in carats produced in country B. If the total produced in both countries is 25 comma 000 comma 000 ​carats, find the amount produced in each country.

Answer 1

Country A produces 20,000,000 & Country B produces 5,000,000

Explanation:

Let

amount of diamonds produced by country A be x

and

amount of diamonds produced by country B be y

Since, Country A produces 4 times that of Country B, we can write:

x = 4y

Also, both countries produces a total of 25,000,000 carats, so we can write:

x + y = 25,000,000

Now, we need to find x and y. Putting 1st equation into 2nd equation, we get equation in y. Then we solve for y:

x + y = 25,000,000

4y + y = 25,000,000

5y = 25,000,000

y = 25,000,000/5

y = 5,000,000

And now, x = 4y, so x = 4(5,000,000) = 20,000,000

So Country A produces 20,000,000 & Country B produces 5,000,000 diamond carats