nuggets containing gold
Source: Moldova NMO 2002 grade 10 problem nr.1
November 3, 2008
Problem Statement
We are given three nuggets of weights kg, kg and kg, containing different percentages of gold, and need to cut each nugget into two parts so that the obtained parts can be alloyed into two ingots of weights kg ande kg containing the same proportion of gold. How we can do that?