The total weight of a basket of 9 melons is 19 kilograms 250 grams. If basket weighs 1 kilogram 250 grams,and each melon had the same weighs,how much does each melon weigh?
weight of each melon ---- x kg
8x + 1.25 = 19.25
solve for x
A man buys 870g of sugar. He uses two thirds of the sugar. How many grams of sugar did he use?
To find out how much each melon weighs, we need to subtract the weight of the basket from the total weight of the melons.
The total weight of the basket is given as 1 kilogram 250 grams, which can be written as 1250 grams.
The total weight of the melons and the basket is given as 19 kilograms 250 grams, which can be written as 19250 grams.
To find the weight of each melon, we subtract the weight of the basket from the total weight:
19250 grams - 1250 grams = 18000 grams
Since there are 9 melons, we can divide the total weight by the number of melons to find the weight of each melon:
18000 grams รท 9 melons = 2000 grams
Therefore, each melon weighs 2000 grams, or 2 kilograms.