Question

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James buys 245 kilograms of red potatoes. He buys yellow potatoes that weigh 34 as much as the red potatoes.

How many kilograms of yellow potatoes does James buy?

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kilograms

Answer 1

kilograms of yellow potatoes bought is 8330 kg

Solution:

Given that James buys 245 kilograms of red potatoes

He buys yellow potatoes that weigh 34 as much as the red potatoes

To find: kilograms of yellow potatoes bought by James

Let "y" be the kilograms of yellow potatoes bought

Let "r" be the kilograms of red potatoes bought

kilograms of red potatoes bought = 245 kilograms

r = 245 kilograms

From given information,

Yellow potatoes weigh 34 as much as the red potatoes

here "as much as" means product or multiplication

Kilograms of yellow potatoes bought = 34 x kilograms of red potatoes bought

`y = 34 * 245\\\\y = 8330`

Thus kilograms of yellow potatoes bought is 8330 kg

The answer cannot be expressed in mixed number since whole numbers has no fractional part