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by vscid » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:25 pm
A coin made of alloy of aluminum and silver measures 2 x 15 mm (it is 2 mm thick and its diameter is 15 mm). If the weight of the coin is 30 grams and the volume of aluminum in the alloy equals that of silver, what will be the weight of a coin measuring 1 x 30 mm made of pure aluminum if silver is twice as heavy as aluminum?

* 36 grams
* 40 grams
* 42 grams
* 48 grams
* 50 grams
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by liferocks » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:39 pm
vscid wrote:A coin made of alloy of aluminum and silver measures 2 x 15 mm (it is 2 mm thick and its diameter is 15 mm). If the weight of the coin is 30 grams and the volume of aluminum in the alloy equals that of silver, what will be the weight of a coin measuring 1 x 30 mm made of pure aluminum if silver is twice as heavy as aluminum?

* 36 grams
* 40 grams
* 42 grams
* 48 grams
* 50 grams
In the first coin since the volume of silver and aluminium are same and silver is twice as heavy as aluminum we can say that the weight ratio of aluminium to that of silver is 1:2

so in coin 1 weight of aluminium is 30x(1/3)=10gm
so in coin 1 weight of silver is 30x(2/3)=20gm

if we replace silver with aluminium in first coin i.e the first is of pure aluminium the weight would have been 10+10=20gm
second coin has twice of the volume of the first (diameter is double and thickness is half)

hence weight of second coin is 20x2=40 gm
ans is b 40gm
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by harshavardhanc » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:10 pm
vscid wrote:A coin made of alloy of aluminum and silver measures 2 x 15 mm (it is 2 mm thick and its diameter is 15 mm). If the weight of the coin is 30 grams and the volume of aluminum in the alloy equals that of silver, what will be the weight of a coin measuring 1 x 30 mm made of pure aluminum if silver is twice as heavy as aluminum?

* 36 grams
* 40 grams
* 42 grams
* 48 grams
* 50 grams
weight is proportional to thickness * (dia)^2.

Therefore, 2*(15)^2 / 1 * (30)^2 = 30/x

=> X(weight of coin in the second case) = 60 ---> had the coin be of the same alloy.

However, we now have only aluminium which is half heavy as silver. Therefore, the weight will be 2/3 * 60

=40.
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