SOLUTION: There are 100 bars of blue and green soap in a box. The blue bars weigh 50g each and the green bars weigh 40g each. The total mass of the soap in the box is 4.66kg. How many bara o

Question 1121896: There are 100 bars of blue and green soap in a box. The blue bars weigh 50g each and the green bars weigh 40g each. The total mass of the soap in the box is 4.66kg. How many bara of green soap are in the box?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total weight=4.66 kg or 4660 gm
blue bars weigh 50 gm' x blue bars is 50 x gm
green bars weight 40 gm, and there are 100-x of them. The total weight is 4000-40 x gm
Therefore, 4000-40x+50x=4660
10x=660
x=66 blue bars (3300 gm)
100-x=34 green bars (1360 gm)
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