SOLUTION: " A full bucket of water weighs 8 kilograms. If the water weighs 5 times as much as the bucket empty, how much does the water weigh?"
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Question 71606: " A full bucket of water weighs 8 kilograms. If the water weighs 5 times as much as the bucket empty, how much does the water weigh?"
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+5x=8
6x=8
x=8/6
x=1.333 kg for the bucket
proof
1.333+5*1.3333=8
1.333+6.667=8
8=8
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