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Form an ecuation to help you solve this problem. Four identical lumps of pold on one side of some scales talsnce with one identical lump and a 22kg mass. Find the mass of ane lump of gold.

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Let's denote the mass of each lump of gold as x. According to the problem, we have four identical lumps of gold on one side, which we can represent as 4x. On the other side, we have one identical lump of gold with a mass of x and a 22 kg mass. Thus, the equation can be written as:

4x = x + 22 kg

By simplifying the equation, we get:

4x - x = 22 kg

3x = 22 kg

Finally, we can solve for x:

x = 22 kg / 3

Therefore, the mass of each lump of gold is approximately 7.33 kg.

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