Question

Ham has three boxes of different fruits. Box A weighs 2 kg more than Box B and Box C weighs 10 kg more than Box B. The total weight of the three boxes is 48kg. How many kilograms (kg) does Box A weigh?

Answer 1

Answer:

weight of Box A = B+ 2 ...i

weight box C = 10+ B ...... ii

weight of all 3 box is 48. ...... iii

so, A+ B + C = 48

putting the values of A and C, we get

A+ B + C = 48

=>2 + B + B +1 0 + B = 48

=> 3B = 48 - 10 - 2

=> 3B = 36

=> B = 36/3 = 12

now put the value of B in eq i

therefore A = 2 + 12 = 14kg