Rakesh
1 month, 1 week ago
There are two bars made of gold-silver alloy. The first bar contains 2 parts of gold and 3 parts of silver by weight, while the second contains 3 parts of gold and 7 parts of silver by weight. If both bars are melted and combined to form a single 8-kilogram bar with a gold-to-silver ratio of 5:11 by weight, what was the weight of the first bar?
A. 1 kilogram
B. 3 kilograms
C. 5 kilograms
D. 6 kilograms
E. 7 kilograms