Question

Carl is boarding a plane. He has 222 checked bags of equal weight and a backpack that weighs 4 \text{ kg}4 kg4, start text, space, k, g, end text. The total weight of Carl's baggage is 35 \text{ kg}35 kg35, start text, space, k, g, end text. Write an equation to determine the weight, www, of each of Carl's checked bags. Find the weight of each of his checked bags.

Answer 1

Answer:

Required equation : $2w+4=35$

Weight of each of his checked bags = 15.5 kg

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of checked bags = 2

Backpack weight = 4 kg

The total weight of Carl's baggage = 35kg

Let w is the weight of each checked bag.

Weight of 2 checked bags = 2w

Weight of 2 checked bags + Backpack weight =  Total weight of Carl's baggage

$2w+4=35$

Subtract 4 from both sides.

$2w=31$

Divide 2 from both sides.

$w=\dfrac{31}{2}=15.5$

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