An alloy contains copper,zinc and nickel in the ratio of $5: 3: 2$. The quantity of nickel in $kg$ that must be added to $100\, kg$ of this alloy to have the new ratio $5: 3: 3$ is

  • A
    $8$
  • B
    $10$
  • C
    $12$
  • D
    $15$

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