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Percentages Gunpowder contains 75% nitre and 10% sulfur. Find the amount of gunpowder which carries 9 kg nitre. What amount of gunpowder would contain 2.3 kg sulfur?
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Gunpowder contains 75% nitre and 10% sulfur. Find the amount of gunpowder which carries 9 kg nitre. What amount of gunpowder would contain 2.3 kg sulfur?

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Let the amount of gunpowder that contains 9 kg nitre be x kg. ∴ The amount of gunpowder containing 9 kg nitre is 12 kg.

So, about 200 kg gunpowder

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