SOLUTION: Sam packed 42 kg of rice into one big bag and 6 small ones which were of the same size. The small bags each contained 1/10 of the rice. How many kilograms of the rice did the big b

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Question 1107046: Sam packed 42 kg of rice into one big bag and 6 small ones which were of the same size. The small bags each contained 1/10 of the rice. How many kilograms of the rice did the big bang contain?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Small bag contains 4.2 kilograms rice. This directly follows from "The small bags each contained 1/10 of the rice." and from "Sam packed 42 kg of rice".

x, amount of rice in one big bag
x%2B6%284.2%29=42
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x=42-6%284.2%29
highlight%28x=16.8%29