document.write( "Question 1201377: On a balance scale, a bag of flour on the left side balances with a 5/6 kg weight and 2/7 of a bag of flour
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document.write( "Let's assume that  \"a bag of floor\"  is a standard weight  ( like a  \"world constant\" ).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the problem says that  5/7  of a bag of floor weights  5/6  kg.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence,  1/7  of a bag of floor weights  1/6  kg\r\n" );
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document.write( "and then a whole bag of floor weights  7/6  kg = 1  kg.    ANSWER     (option d).\r\n" );
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