Question

Greta packs tomatoes in boxes that weigh 1.4 kilograms. The average tomatoe weighs 0.2 kilograms and the total weight of a box filled with tomatoes is 11 kilograms. How many tomatoes are packed in each box ?

Answer 1

For this case we have to:

Let "x" be the variable that represents the number of tomatoes in each box.

Let "y" be the variable that represents the weight of the empty box.

Then, the number of tomatoes in each box will be given by:

`x = \frac {(11-y)} {0.2}\\x = \frac {(11-1.4)} {0.2}\\x = \frac {9.6} {0.2}\\x = 48`

So, there are 48 tomatoes in each box

ANswer:

48 tomatoes