By solving a system of equations, we will see that now there are 3.5kg of grapes on the basket.
<h3>How many kilograms of grapes are in the basket now?</h3>
Let's define the variables:
- x = kg of grapes on the box originally.
- y = kg of grapes on the basket originally.
We know that:
x = 2y
When we add 2kg to the basket, it has 0.5k more than the box, then:
y + 2 = x + 0.5
Then we have a system of equations:
x = 2y
y + 2 = x + 0.5
We want to solve this for y, then we can replace the first equation into the second one:
y + 2 = (x = 2y) + 0.5
y + 2 = 2y + 0.5
2 - 0.5 = 2y - y
1.5 = y
This means that, originally, there are 1.5 kg of grapes on the basket. And then we added 2kg, so now there are:
1.5kg + 2kg = 3.5kg
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