Question

Carl is boarding a plane. He has 222 checked bags of equal weight and a backpack that weighs 4 Write an equation to determine the weight, w of each of Carl's checked bags

Answer 1

Answer: 2w + 4 = 35

Explanation:

Carl's two checked bags and his one backpack together weigh 35kg.

Carl's two checked bags have equal weight so both their weight can be denoted as 2w.

Equation is;

2w + 4 = 35

If you were to solve;

2w + 4 = 35

2w = 35 - 4

w = 31/2

w = 15.5kg