Stupid calculation I can't figure out...

Ramballah

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Hello everyone,

Today I have come across a very stupid calculation which I just cannot figure out how to solve. I already feel dumb enough as it is so yeah here goes:

The table on the right is where I fill in all the "resources" I have (this is for a game, I'm sorry if this isn't meant for any big purposes).
On the left is where I have excel calculate how many of the "Explosives" / "Rockets" / "C4" I'm capable of making.
The problem starts here...
I'm trying to see how many rockets I can make with my current resources...
These are the following recipe's:
Explosives x1
---------------
Sulfur x10
Metal fragments x10
LGF x3
Gunpowder x50

Rocket x1
---------------
Pipes x2
Gunpowder x150
Explosives x10

So as you can see is that I need to use gunpowder for both of the things.
So I can make 656 explosives, but not 81 rockets as right now it uses that 29863 gunpowder.
So I need to calculate how many explosives I can make to keep enough gunpowder left over to make the rockets with it.
So obviously its 650 gunpowder per rocket, but I need to know how many explosives I can make for the right amount of rockets...
This seems very stupid I know. I just really hope someone can help me with this!
Side note) the possible GP is how much gunpowder I can make with my current sulfur + charcoal, so I have the same issue there basically!
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So basically its: with 5xA I can make 1xB.
with 1xA + 5xB I can make 1xC. So how many C can I make with 650 A. This is how I see the problem at least. I'm not sure if this example helped..
Thanks in advance!
Ramballah
 

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i just broke down the rocket formula into the component parts which i think is 2050 sulfur+1950 charcoal+ 100 metal+ 30 lgf+ 2 pipes (i wasnt sure what GP was made of so i assumed it was 3sulfur+3 charcoal=1GP)
then i used a MIN formula which is what i think you need to find out how many you can make

VBA Code:
=MIN(QUOTIENT(L2,2050),QUOTIENT(L10,1950),QUOTIENT(L3,100),QUOTIENT(L4,30),QUOTIENT(L6,2))

which gives you 45 rockets you can make so you need i think 29250 GP
 
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VBA Code:
=MIN(QUOTIENT(L2,2050),QUOTIENT(L10,1950),QUOTIENT(L3,100),QUOTIENT(L4,30),QUOTIENT(L6,2))
So this is what I'd fill in at the "rockets" part.. what do I fill in at the "possible gp" part and "explosives" part? Also sorry for not mentioning. its 2 sulfur + 3 charcoal. I edited it in ur formula already.
 
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