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A basket of potatoes and a basket of onions
The question
Solve the word problems. Check if each answer is reasonable. A basket filled with potatoes had a mass of 29 kg. The same basket filled with onions had a mass of 13 kg. The potatoes were 3 times as heavy as the onions.
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(a) Find the mass of the potatoes.
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(b) Find the mass of the empty basket.
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Answer
- (a)24 kg
- (b)5 kg
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