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This is very confusing..

This is very confusing..-example-1

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Answer:

8 grams

Explanation:

One triangle and two squares balance three triangles and one square.

Let the weight of a square be x.

One side will be 4+2x and the other will be 12+x

We set the expressions equal to eachother and solve

4+2x=12+x

x=8

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