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Jam is made from 4 parts fruit and 3 parts sugar. How much sugar is needed to make jam from 1.5kg of fruit.. show workings

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Answer:

1.1kg of sugar

Explanation:

User The JinX
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Well to solve this we need to dilute the sugar measurement sence the fruit count is lower, so first find the dilution amount in the fruit
4/1.5= 2.6
so to find the sugar you divide 3 by 2.6
3/2.6= 1.1

So you would need 1.1kg of sugar to make the jam!

Hope this helped!!
User Fahad Ashraf
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