SOLUTION: Please help me solve this: Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. If a certain type of bronze requires 0.3 kilogram of tin per 1.0 kilogram of copper, how much tin must be combined

Question 37440: Please help me solve this: Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. If a certain type of bronze requires 0.3 kilogram of tin per 1.0 kilogram of copper, how much tin must be combined with 50 kilograms of copper?
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Equation:
Let x be the amount of tn required:

x=15
Hence, about 15 kg of tin is required.
Paul.
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