Question

A metal bar weights 8.5kg 85 percentage of the bar is silver How many kilograms of silver are in the bar

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Answer 1

8.5×10= 85

=85×85/100

=7725/100

=772500

Answer 2

7.225 kg of silver is there in the bar.

Given:

Total weight of the metal bar is 8.5 kg

Percentage of silver= 85℅

[ Percentage means out of 100]

When the total is 100 kg, the amount of silver is 85kg

When total is 8.5kg, amount of silver is= (85/100)* 8.5 = 7.225 kg.