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document.write( "When loaded with bricks, a lorry weighs 11600KG (255736 lb). If the bricks weigh 3 times a heavy as the empty lorry, find the weight of the bricks. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since bricks weigh 3 times as heavy as the empty lorry, therefore weight of bricks : 3W Kg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total weight (bricks+lorry) = 3W+W = 4W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4W = 11600Kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 11600/4 = 2900 Kg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans : Weight of the bricks = 3W = 3*2900 = 8700Kg\r<BR>\n" );
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