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Question 978188: Two bags had 50kg each. After taking out 3 times as much sugar from bag A as bag B, bag A had half as much sugar left as bag B. How much sugar is left in each bag? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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Let = the amount in kg removed from bag B is the amount rmoved from A
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and
--------------- kg left in bag A
--------------- kg left in bag B
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