a box containing 4 identical books weighs 5kg. If the weight of the box is 600g, what is the weight of each book?
(5000-600)/4 grams per book
1100gms/book
Weight of4 books 5kg weight of tha box is 1kg what is tha weight of each book
To find the weight of each book, we first need to determine the weight of just the books without the box. We can do this by subtracting the weight of the empty box from the total weight of the box containing the books.
Given:
Total weight of the box containing the books = 5 kg
Weight of the box = 600 g
To convert the weight of the box from grams to kilograms, we divide by 1000:
Weight of the box = 600 g ÷ 1000 = 0.6 kg
Now we can find the weight of the books alone by subtracting the weight of the box from the total weight:
Weight of the books = Total weight of the box containing the books - Weight of the box
Weight of the books = 5 kg - 0.6 kg = 4.4 kg
Since there are 4 identical books, we can divide the total weight of the books by the number of books to find the weight of each book:
Weight of each book = Weight of the books ÷ Number of books
Weight of each book = 4.4 kg ÷ 4 = 1.1 kg
Therefore, the weight of each book is 1.1 kg.