Lee’s kitten, Sophia, is 2 1/3 times as heavy as she was last year. Sophia now weighs 21 ounces. What did she way a year ago?

asked Mar 11, 2020 177k views

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by Ulmer

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Explanation:

x= weight last year

2 1/3x = 21

Rearrange to get x by itself

x= 21 ÷ 2 1/3

x= 9

So she weighed 9 ounces

Choonkeat answered Mar 16, 2020

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