Stainless steel contains 12.1% nickel. Find the mass of nickel in a 5 kg steel ingot.

Let’s compose and express x through a proportion with percentages:

Steel ingot 5 kg – 100%

Nickel x kg – 12.1%

x = (5 * 12.1) / 100 = 0.605 kg

Answer: 0.605 kg



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