Question

Carl is boarding a plane. He has 2 checked bags of equal weight and a backpack that weighs 4 kg. The total weight of Carl's baggage is 35 kg. Write an equation to determine the weight, (w), of each of Carl's checked bags.

Answer 1

15.5

Explanation:

2w+ 4 = 35 is the equation

15.5 is the total for w

I did this khan and this answer is correct

Hope this helps!

:)

Answer 2

(35 - 4) / 2 = w
35 is total weight
4 is backpack
2 is the number of bags