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A piece of land requires 200kg of P2O5 per hectare. The available fertilizer is SSP which contains 20% P2O5. Calculate the amount of SSP fertilizer...

      

A piece of land requires 200kg of P2O5 per hectare. The available fertilizer is SSP which contains 20% P2O5. Calculate the amount of SSP fertilizer a farmer requires for the piece of land. Show your working.

  

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Dominic
Nutrient required = 200Kg/ha P2O5
Land area = 1 hectare
Available fertilizer = SSP – Nutrient content
= 20% P2O5
Nutrient Content = Amount of Nutrient Required
Amount of Fertilizer

20% P2O5 = 200Kg P2O5
Amount of SSP

100
Amount of SSP = 200Kg P2O5 x 100 = 1000Kg
20

Dominic Onsase answered the question on March 1, 2018 at 11:36


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