SOLUTION: A banana peel weights 1/8 the total weight of a banana. If an unpeeled banana balances a peeled banana of the same weight plus 7/8 of an ounce, how much does the banana weigh with

Question 1038481: A banana peel weights 1/8 the total weight of a banana. If an unpeeled banana balances a peeled banana of the same weight plus 7/8 of an ounce, how much does the banana weigh with peel?
Answer by Othel(27) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If I am reading your question correctly...
We can determine that the missing banana peel weighs 7/8 of an ounce. And that the bananas themselves, without peels, are equal in weight.
We have been told that the banana peel weighs 1/8 of the total weight of the banana. So we can surmise that 7/8 of an ounce is 1/8 of the weight of the banana.
Which means that we require 8 parts, weighing 7/8 of an ounce a piece, to reach the full weight of the banana, in ounces. So...

The full weight is 7 ounces.
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