SOLUTION: A balanced scale has a bag of flour on its right pan. On its left pan, it has a bag of rice and a 1-kg weight. The bag of rice is half the weight of the bag of flour. What is the w

Question 1143242: A balanced scale has a bag of flour on its right pan. On its left pan, it has a bag of rice and a 1-kg weight. The bag of rice is half the weight of the bag of flour. What is the weight of 2 similar bags of flour?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the weight of a bag of flour
in kg
because the left side balances the right

kg
kg

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