Question

A mining company extracts 13,500 tons of ore, and 8% of the ore is pure silver. How many tons of pure silver is held in the ore?

Answer 1

The weight of Ore extracted by a mining company is 13,500 tons

8% of the ore is pure silver

The amount of tons of pure silver held in the ore will be

`=(8)/(100)*13500=1080\text{tons}`

Hence, 1,080 tons of pure silver is held in the ore.