Question

ravish has a 3 boxes whose weight is 60 1/2 kg box B is 3 1/2 kg more than box A and box C weighs 5 1/3 kg more than box B find the weigh of box A

Answer 1

first we make equation according to the question and solve it

Answer 2

Answer:

16 1/18

Step-by-step explanation:

let the weight of box a be x

weight of box b be x+3 1/2kg=x+ 7/2 kg

weight of box c be x+7/2+5

1/3=x+7/2+16/3kg

total weight=60 1/2kg= 121/2kg

According to the question

x+x+7/2+x+16/3=121/2

x+x+x+7/2+7/2+ 16/3=121/2

3x+7/2+7/2+16/3=121/2

3x=121/2-7/2-7/2-16/3

3x=363-21-21-32/6

3x=289/6

x=289/6×3

x=289/18=16 1/18 kg

Hence,the weight of box A is 16 1/18 kg.