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# A specialized type of sand consists of 40% mineral X by volu

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A specialized type of sand consists of 40% mineral X by volume and 60% mineral Y by volume. If mineral X weighs 2.5 grams per cubic centimeter and mineral Y weighs 3 grams per cubic centimeter, how many grams does a cubic meter of specialized sand combination weigh? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

A. 5,500,000
B. 2,800,000
C. 55,000
D. 28,000
E. 280
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martie11 wrote:
A specialized type of sand consists of 40% mineral X by volume and 60% mineral Y by volume. If mineral X weighs 2.5 grams per cubic centimeter and mineral Y weighs 3 grams per cubic centimeter, how many grams does a cubic meter of specialized sand combination weigh? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

a) 5,500,000
b) 2,800,000
c) 55,000
d) 28,000
e) 280

Good luck...cheers.

Let me share what goes through my mind here to arrive at the answer orally:
Volume of mineral X is 40% and that of mineral Y is 60% i.e. they are in the ratio 2:3. So if we have 2 $$cm^3$$ of X, we have 3 $$cm^3$$ of Y.
Weight of X is 2.5 gms/$$cm^3$$ so weight of 2 $$cm^3$$ of X is 5 gm
Weight of Y is 3 gms/$$cm^3$$ so weight of 3 $$cm^3$$ of Y is 9 gm
therefore, weight of 5 $$cm^3$$ of mixture is 14 gm
So weight of 10 $$cm^3$$ of mixture is 28 gm
Since 1 $$m^3$$ = 1,000,000 $$cm^3$$, weight of 1,000,000 $$cm^3$$ of mixture must be 2,800,000 gms
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03 Oct 2011, 04:34
martie11 wrote:
A specialized type of sand consists of 40% mineral X by volume and 60% mineral Y by volume. If mineral X weighs 2.5 grams per cubic centimeter and mineral Y weighs 3 grams per cubic centimeter, how many grams does a cubic meter of specialized sand combination weigh? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

a) 5,500,000
b) 2,800,000
c) 55,000
d) 28,000
e) 280

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Good luck...cheers.

1 m^3= (100)^3 cm^3

So,
3 gram in 1 cm^3;
Y=3*(100)^3 gram in (100)^3 cm^3 OR 1 m^3

Likewise,
2.5 gram in 1 cm^3;
X=2.5*(100)^3 gram in (100)^3 cm^3 OR 1 m^3

$$0.6*3*(100)^3+0.4*2.5*(100)^3$$

$$=10^6(0.6*3+0.4*2.5)=10^6(1.8+1)=2.8*10^6=2800000 \hspace{2} grams$$

Ans: "B"
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03 Oct 2011, 05:16
Well done! OA is posted...and is in fact B.

I thought I'd get some of you on the conversion
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25 Mar 2013, 07:45
VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
martie11 wrote:
A specialized type of sand consists of 40% mineral X by volume and 60% mineral Y by volume. If mineral X weighs 2.5 grams per cubic centimeter and mineral Y weighs 3 grams per cubic centimeter, how many grams does a cubic meter of specialized sand combination weigh? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

a) 5,500,000
b) 2,800,000
c) 55,000
d) 28,000
e) 280

Good luck...cheers.

Let me share what goes through my mind here to arrive at the answer orally:
Volume of mineral X is 40% and that of mineral Y is 60% i.e. they are in the ratio 2:3. So if we have 2 $$cm^3$$ of X, we have 3 $$cm^3$$ of Y.
Weight of X is 2.5 gms/$$cm^3$$ so weight of 2 $$cm^3$$ of X is 5 gm
Weight of Y is 3 gms/$$cm^3$$ so weight of 3 $$cm^3$$ of Y is 9 gm
therefore, weight of 5 $$cm^3$$ of mixture is 14 gm
So weight of 10 $$cm^3$$ of mixture is 28 gm
Since 1 $$m^3$$ = 1,000,000 $$cm^3$$, weight of 1,000,000 $$cm^3$$ of mixture must be 2,800,000 gms

hey karishma, can this question be done using your method of weighted averages? I'm trying to do the question using weighted averages but am not able to. Your help would be appreciated.

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25 Mar 2013, 22:58
Thanks for the quick reply Karishma! Now i'm digressing from the topic, but I want your advice on the 700 level questions. No matter what topic I pick-up, i usually end up doing those questions wrong or having no idea as to how to go about them. Is there some specific stratergy or technique involved or should I just keep on practicing?

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Thanks for the quick reply Karishma! Now i'm digressing from the topic, but I want your advice on the 700 level questions. No matter what topic I pick-up, i usually end up doing those questions wrong or having no idea as to how to go about them. Is there some specific stratergy or technique involved or should I just keep on practicing?

The thing about 700+ level questions is that you need to be more innovative in them. You need to think of all that you know in Quant and link it up - i.e. focusing on one topic (on which the question seems to be based) is not enough. As an example, check out this question I made for Veritas some time back.

"After multiplying a positive integer A, which has n digits, by (n+2), we get a number with (n+1) digits, all of whose digits are (n+1). How many instances of A exist?"

What do you think it tests? By just reading the question, you cannot guess that all you need to know to solve it within one minute are your divisibility rules. Also, you need to start with whatever is definitive. Check out this link for the solution (after-multiplying-a-positive-integer-a-which-has-n-digits-147350.html#p1183033)

700+ level questions use the same fundamentals but are harder because of the way the question is worded. Practice high level questions and check out every different method available to solve them. You can use methods learned in one topic to solve questions of another if you can just identify the parallel. e.g. check out this post where I solve a permutations question using sets (method 2)
http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/01 ... e-couples/

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23 Jun 2013, 08:44
I am going to solve only the mixture part of this question. I used Karishma's method described here http://gmatclub.com/forum/john-and-ingrid-pay-30-and-40-tax-annually-respectively-107983.html#p855286

40/60=2/3

(3/5)*(3-2.5)+2.5=2.8
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23 Jun 2013, 21:30
1. We need to find the weight of a certain mix.
2. The mix is 40% x and 60% y. The volume of the mix for which we need to find the weight is 1 cubic meter
3. 1 cubic meter of the mix contains 0.4 cu.m of x and 0.6 cu.m of y.
4. Weight of 1 cubic meter of x is 2500000g and weight of 1 cubic meter of y is 3000000g
5. So weight of 0.4 cubic meter of x is 1000000g and weight of 0.6 cubic meter of y is 1800000g
6. Total weight of 1 cubic meter of the mix is 2,800,000g
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15 Jan 2017, 22:14
(0.40x)(2.5g/1cm3)(1,000,000cm3/1m3) + (0.60)(3g/1cm3)(1,000,000cm3/1m3)

= 2,800,000

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