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Agriculture · Q308

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 308

Q308

A fertilizer is having 20-10-10 Fertilizer Grade, what will be it's Fertilizer Ratio?

A.
20-10-10
B.
10-5-5
C.
2-1-1
Answer
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
To determine a fertilizer ratio for a recommendation, divide the weight of each of the nutrients by the nutrient with the lowest weight.
Thus here, A fertilizer is having 20-10-10 fertilizer grade, dividing the weight of each of the nutrients by 10 (lowest one), the fertilizer ratio will be 2-1-1.