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Carl is boarding a plane. He has 2 checked bags of equal weight and a backpack that weighs 4 kg. The total weight of Carl's baggage is 35kg. Write an equation to determine the weight, w ww, of each of Carl's checked bags. Find the weight of each of his checked bags.

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LukeHemmingsWife
Let B equal how many bags

2+4b=35

35-2=33

33/4=8.25kgs
TaeKwonDoIsDead

Answer:

15.5 kg (each)


Step-by-step explanation:

Let [tex]w[/tex] be the weight of each checked bag (there are 2). Thus, we can write, from the information given:

[tex]w+w+4=35\\2w+4=35[/tex]

Now we solve this equation for [tex]w[/tex] to find weight of each checked bag:

[tex]2w+4=35\\2w=35-4\\2w=31\\w=\frac{31}{2}\\w=15.5[/tex]

So, the weight of each of his checked bags is 15.5 kg.

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