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A crop of wheat uses up to 20 kg of nitrogen per hectare of soil. What is the mass of the fertilizer calcium nitrate required to replace the nitrogen in a 10-hectare field?
(Ca=40, N=1, O=16)

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1171.4 kg
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1182 kg
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1181 kg
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2171 kg
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Solution

The correct option is A
1171.4 kg

Total nitrogen required by 10 hectares = 10×20
=200kg
164 parts of Ca(NO3)2 gives 28 gm of N2
200 parts of N2=164×20028
=1171.4kg

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