An alloy weighing 50 kg is made of 60% lead. How many kilogram of lead must be added to the alloy in order to increase the lead content to 75%?
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Let the required quantity of lead to be added be x kg. Then, weight of lead = (30 + x) kg. And, weight of new alloy = (50 + x) kg. ∴ quantity of lead to be added = 30 kg.
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