Question

By drying tea leaves you can get 4.2% of its weight as tea. What weight of fresh tea leaves do you need to get 46.2 lb of tea? Please add and explaination to it as well.

Answer 1

Answer:

Amount of tea leaves required = 1100 lb

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:-

Tea leaves yields 4.2 % of the tea upon drying.

It means that if 100 lb of the tea leaves are taken, it will yield 4.2 lb of the tea.

To calculate:-

Amount of the tea leaves required which must yield 46.2 lb of tea.

Let the amount of tea leaves = x lb

So, Amount of tea produced = $\frac{4.2}{100}\times x$ lb = 46.2 lb

Thus,

$\frac{4.2}{100}\times x=46.2$

$4.2x=4620$

$x=1100$

Amount of tea leaves required = 1100 lb