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An alloy of steel is 20% and there are 10 pounds of steel in the alloy. How many pounds of the alloy are there?

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assuming u mean there is 20 percent of steel in the alloy there are 50 pounds of steel because 10 percent would be 5 pounds you can multiply that by 10 to get 50 pounds
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