SOLUTION: a bag of white potatoes weighs 2 pounds, a bag of sweet potatoes weighs 16 ounces. tell me how you could rearrange the potatoes so that you have two bags of potatoes that weigh the

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Question 834839: a bag of white potatoes weighs 2 pounds, a bag of sweet potatoes weighs 16 ounces. tell me how you could rearrange the potatoes so that you have two bags of potatoes that weigh the same
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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a bag of white potatoes weighs 2 pounds, a bag of sweet potatoes weighs 16 ounces.
tell me how you could rearrange the potatoes so that you have two bags of potatoes that weigh the same
:
Change the potatoes to 32 oz
then
%2832%2B16%29%2F2 = 24 oz required in each bag
Remove 8 oz of potatoes and put them with the sweet potatoes