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An empty mental box weights 10 percent of its total weight [#permalink]
 13 Nov 2006, 14:39
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An empty mental box weights 10 percent of its total weight when filled with varnish. if the weight of a partly filled box is one-half taht of a completely filled box, what fraction of the box is filled?
A) 3/5
B) 5/9
C) 1/2
D) 4/9
E) 2/5
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An empty mental box weights 10 percent of its total weight when filled with varnish. if the weight of a partly filled box is one-half taht of a completely filled box, what fraction of the box is filled?
A) 3/5 B) 5/9 C) 1/2 D) 4/9 E) 2/5
let total weight when filled = x
when empty = .1x thus varnich = 0.9x
completely partly filled box = 0.5x
fraction filled = 0.5x - .1x = .4x= 2/5
my choice is E
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I think we need to go one more step ahead...
Here we got the weight of the partly filled box = 2x/5
So the fraction is = partly filled weight / total weight = (2x/5)/(9x/10) = 4/9
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I get D:4/9
If x is total weight when box is full of varnish,
weight of box = x/10
if the fraction of the box that's full = 1/n, the weight of 1/nth of the box =
0.1x + 0.9x/n which is then = 0.5x
solving, we get 4/9
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An empty mental box weights 10 percent of its total weight when filled with varnish. if the weight of a partly filled box is one-half taht of a completely filled box, what fraction of the box is filled?
A) 3/5
B) 5/9
C) 1/2
D) 4/9
E) 2/5
W = W/2
WE = 0.1WF
WE + K = WF / 2
0.1WF + K = WF / 2
2K = WF – 0.1WF
2K = 0.9WF
K = 0.9WF / 2
K = 0.45WF
Approx:
A = 15%
B = 55%
C = 50%
D = 44% CLOSED ANSWER D
E = 10%
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