Question

a person has with him a certain number of weighing stones of 100gm,500gm and 1kg in the ratio of 3:5:1.if a maximum of 5kg can be measured using weighing stones of 500gm alone ,then what is the number of 100 mg stones he has?
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Answer 1

Answer: 6

Step-by-step explanation:

5 kg can be weight by 500 gm alone that mean no of 500gm is = 5000/500 =10

suppose total no of weights is x

so 5/9*x =10

x=18;

then total no of 100gm =3/9 * 18

= 6