SOLUTION: Five equal packets are placed in 2kg container and weighed. The total weight is 17kg. How much does each packet weigh?

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Question 1148750: Five equal packets are placed in 2kg container and weighed. The total weight is 17kg. How much does each packet weigh?
Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
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Each packet weights  %2817-2%29%2F5 = 15%2F5 = 3 kilograms.   ANSWER

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For your info : 
    Long time ago, in 60-ies last century, kilograms as the measure of weight, were replaced by newtons.


    1 kilogram = 9.81 newtons.


    Kilograms still are used as the unit of mass.