SOLUTION: By drying tea leaves you can get 4.2% of its weight as tea. What weight of fresh tea leaves do you need to get 46.2 lb of tea?
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Question 1149383: By drying tea leaves you can get 4.2% of its weight as tea. What weight of fresh tea leaves do you need to get 46.2 lb of tea?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By drying tea leaves you can get 4.2% of its weight as tea. What weight of fresh tea leaves do you need to get 46.2 lb of tea?
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4.2% = 0.042 pounds/leaves
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46.2/0.042 = 46200/42
= 1100 pounds of leaves
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