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87 kg of potatoes are distributed in two boxes. One box weighs 11 kg less than the other one. How many kilograms of potatoes does the lighter box contain?
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87 kg of potatoes are distributed in two boxes. One box weighs 11 kg less than the other one. How many kilograms of potatoes does the lighter box contain?

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So you have two boxes, x and y, and one box has 11kg less, you can represent it as y=x+11. Now you have a equation
x+y=87
x+11+x=87
2x=76
x=38
y=38+11=49

X is the lighter box and has 38kg

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38

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