SOLUTION: The largest meteorite in the world is Hoba West located in Namibia It's weight is 3 times the weight of the Armanty meteorite located in outer Mongolia If the sum of thier weight i
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Question 346310: The largest meteorite in the world is Hoba West located in Namibia It's weight is 3 times the weight of the Armanty meteorite located in outer Mongolia If the sum of thier weight is 88 tons find the weight of each
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = the weight of the Armanty meteorite
So, the largest meteorite = 3 times the weight of the Armanty meteorite = 3x
Now x + 3x = 88
4x = 88
x = 88/4 = 22
Therefore the Armanty meteorite weighs 22 tons & the largest meteorite weighs 66 tons.
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