SOLUTION: If 66 2/3% of a certain kind of ore is iron, how much pure iron can be made from 240 kg of this ore? From 12 metric tons?
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Question 1055716: If 66 2/3% of a certain kind of ore is iron, how much pure iron can be made from 240 kg of this ore? From 12 metric tons?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 66 2/3% of a certain kind of ore is iron, how much pure iron can be made from 240 kg of this ore? From 12 metric tons?
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Note:: 66 2/3% = 2/3
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Ans: (2/3)240 = 160 kg
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(2/3)12 metric tons = 8 metric tons
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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