Question

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. What is the weight of each bag of dried beans? Enter the correct answer in the box.

Answer 1

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,

$6x+2=5$

$6x=5-2$

$6x=3$

Divide both sides by 6.

$x=\dfrac{3}{6}$

$x=0.5$

Therefore, the weight of each bag of dried beans is 0.5 pounds.