Given:
Mrs. Kato has 6 bags of dried beans and a 2-pound bag of rice in one shopping bag.
In another shopping bag she has a 5-pound bag of flour.
The two shopping bags weigh the same amount.
To find:
The weight of each bag of dried beans.
Solution:
Let x be the weight of each bag of dried beans.
So, weight of 6 bags of dried beans = 6x.
According to the question,
Weight of first bag = (6x + 2) pounds
Weight of second bag = 5 pounds
The two shopping bags weigh the same amount. So,
Divide both sides by 6.
Therefore, the weight of each bag of dried beans is 0.5 pounds.