Alloy
The first alloy is a mixture of two metals in the ratio 1:2; the second is a mixture of the same metals in the ratio 2:3. At what ratio do we have these two alloys put into the furnace to obtain a new metal alloy with a ratio of 17:27? (All three ratios correspond to the same order of the two metals).
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