SOLUTION: A box containing 5 identical books weighs 6kg 850. If the weight of the box is 600g, what is the weight of each book?
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Question 593834: A box containing 5 identical books weighs 6kg 850. If the weight of the box is 600g, what is the weight of each book?
Answer by Eva18(13) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6kg 850 is the same as 6850g.
.'. if the box is 600g it will be
6850-600=6250.
but since there are 5 books, then we'll divide 6250 by 5 to find how each book weighs:
=6250/5
=1250
.'. each book weighs 1250grams.
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