# Sugar production

From 1 ton of beet, 150 kg of sugar is produced. To clean 1 ton of sugar 450 kg of lime is consumed. Calculate how many kgs of lime is consumed when processing 1 ton of sugar beet?

Result

x =  67.5 kg

#### Solution:

$x=150 \cdot \ \dfrac{ 450 }{ 1000 }=\dfrac{ 135 }{ 2 }=67.5 \ \text{kg}$

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