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? add and explaination to it as well.

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 = lb = 46.2 lb

Thus,

Amount of tea leaves required = 1100 lb

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