Question

one pound of uranium-235 has the same explosive power ad 8,000 tons of tnt. how many kilograms of uranium-235 were used in the tsar bomba(50 mt)

Answer 1

If 1 pound of uranium-235 has the same explosive power as 8,000 tons of TNT, and you want to find out how much uranium-235 was used in the Tsar Bomba (50 MT or megatons), you can set up a proportion.

Let \( x \) be the amount of uranium-235 in kilograms used in the Tsar Bomba.

\[
\frac{1 \text{ pound of U-235}}{8000 \text{ tons of TNT}} = \frac{x \text{ kilograms of U-235}}{50000 \text{ tons of TNT}}
\]

Now, solve for \( x \). Cross-multiply and then divide:

\[
x = \left( \frac{1}{8000} \right) \times \left( 50000 \right) \times \left( \frac{1}{0.453592} \text{ kg per pound} \)
\]

This will give you the amount of uranium-235 in kilograms used in the Tsar Bomba.