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7 March, 12:30

A certain drug is made from only two ingredients: compound A and comppund B. There are 5 milliliters of compound A used for every 4 milliliters of compound B. if a chemist wants to make 477 milliliters of the drug, how many milliliters of compound A are needed?

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  1. 7 March, 13:13
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    4:5 is the same as 4x:5x where 4x is compound A and 5x is compound B.

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    Solve for "x":

    If amount of compound A is 4x = 477

    x = 477/4

    Then amt of compound B is 5x = 5 (477/4) = 596.25 ml
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