Question 593834: A box containing 5 identical books weighs 6kg 850. If the weight of the box is 600g, what is the weight of each book? Answer by Eva18(13) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 6kg 850 is the same as 6850g.
.'. if the box is 600g it will be
6850-600=6250.
but since there are 5 books, then we'll divide 6250 by 5 to find how each book weighs:
=6250/5
=1250
.'. each book weighs 1250grams.
