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How much quantity of Potassium Metabisulphite (KMS) is required for preservation of 100 kg mango squash at the rate of 350 ppm of Sulphur dioxide (SO2)?

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350 ppm means 350 mg per kg of product; scale that to 100 kg and convert mg to g.
  • 0.0175 g
  • 0.035 g
  • 17.5 g
  • 35 g
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

Use the ppm definition directly: 1 ppm is 1 part in a million by weight, so it equals 1 mg of SO2 per kg of product. The batch size is $100$ kg, so the total SO2 needed is $350 \times 100 = 35000$ mg. Converting to grams, $35000 / 1000 = 35$ g. Since KMS supplies this exact SO2 dose to the squash, the required weight of KMS works out to $35$ g. This rules out the much smaller values, 0.0175 g and 0.035 g, which come from a units slip of dividing by an extra 1000, and rules out 17.5 g, which is only half the needed dose. \[\boxed{35 \text{ g}}\]
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