Question

Gun power contains 75% Nitre, 10% sulphur and rest of its charcoal. Find the quntity of charcoal in 8.64kg of gun power

Answer 1

Answer:

gun powder contains 15 % of charcoal

quantity of charcoal in 8.64 kg of charcoal =15%8.64

=15/100×864/100

=12960/10000

1.296 kg of gun powder