In a mixture of concrete, there are fourfour lb of cement mix for each pound of gravel. if the mixture contains a total of 110110 lb of these two ingredients, how many pounds of gravel are there?

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Lennon Kerr

Mathematics

13 August, 09:33

In a mixture of concrete, there are fourfour lb of cement mix for each pound of gravel. if the mixture contains a total of 110110 lb of these two ingredients, how many pounds of gravel are there?

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Isla Massey · Answer 1

For every 4lb of cement there is 1lb of gravel so, the ratio is 4:1

then take the gravel fraction as 1/5 * 110110 = 22022lb of gravel for every 88088 of cement