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Out of the total production of iron from hematite, an ore of Iron, 20% of the ore gets wasted, and out of the remaining iron, only 25% is pure iron. If the pure iron obtained in a year from a mine of hematite was 80,000 kg, then the quantity of hematite mined from that mine in the year is
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Let 100 kg of hematite be obtained then 20% of it get wasted that means 80 kg of ore remains.
Pure iron = 25% of remaining ore = $$\frac{{80 \times 25}}{{100}} = 20\,{\text{kg}}$$
20 kg pure Iron is obtained from 100 of hematite
1 kg pure Iron is obtained from = $$\frac{{100}}{{20}}$$ hematite
Then, 80000 kg pure Iron is obtained from =$$\,\frac{{100}}{{20}} \times 80000 = \,$$ $$400000\,{\text{kg}}$$ hematite.
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