Question

You're flying to the Bahamas. You wave your suitcase at home before going to the airport and it weighed 68 pounds. While you're standing in line to check your bag at the airport you see signs saying bags weighing more than 22 kg will be charged an extra $50. Will you need to pay the $50? How many kilo grounds does your bag way? Your answer should be the number of kilograms your bag weighs. Round year answer to one decimal place.

Answer 1

The bag is given as 68 pounds. We shall start by converting pounds to kilogram. According to the United States metric conversion standards;

That means for every 1 pound, you multiply by 0.453592 to get the equivalent in kilograms. Therefore 68 pounds will be derived as;

Since bags weighing more than 22kg will be charged an extra $50, then you will need to pay the $50 charge. Your bag weighs 30.8kg.

Answers:

(1)You will need to pay the $50

(2)Your bag weighs 30.8kg