Question

A certain metal alloy is composed of 10% tin, 16% antimony, and 74% lead. If you were to have 500 g of the alloy, how many grams of tin would be found in this sample?

Answer 1

The mass of Tin in alloy = 50 g

Further explanation

Given

10% tin, 16% antimony, and 74% lead.

mass of alloy = 500 g

Required

grams of tin

Solution

The mass percent of each component of the mixture shows the mass ratio of each component

%tin in alloy = 10%, so mass of tin :

`\tt 10\%* 500~g=50~g`