document.write( "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 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #247773 by nyc_function(2741)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x = the weight of the Armanty meteorite \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, the largest meteorite = 3 times the weight of the Armanty meteorite = 3x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now x + 3x = 88\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4x = 88\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = 88/4 = 22\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Therefore the Armanty meteorite weighs 22 tons & the largest meteorite weighs 66 tons. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |