A pan with four eggs weighs 18 ounces. A pan with eight eggs weighs 24 ounces. What is the weight of the pan?
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A pan with 8 eggs weighs 6 oz more than a pan with 4 eggs.
So clearly, 4 extra eggs weigh 6 oz.
Thus, the pan weighs 18-6 = 12 oz.
Let's assume the weight of the pan is "x" ounces.
We are given two scenarios:
1) A pan with four eggs weighs 18 ounces.
2) A pan with eight eggs weighs 24 ounces.
Let's set up two equations based on the given information:
Equation 1: x + 4 = 18
Equation 2: x + 8 = 24
Simplifying each equation:
Equation 1: x = 18 - 4 = 14
Equation 2: x = 24 - 8 = 16
Since we have two different values for "x" from the two equations, we can conclude that the problem is inconsistent or there may be a mistake in the given information.
To find the weight of the pan, we can subtract the weight of the eggs from both scenarios.
Let's call the weight of the pan "P" and the weight of one egg "E". We are given two scenarios:
1. A pan with four eggs weighs 18 ounces.
In this case, the weight of the eggs is 4E, and the weight of the pan is P. So we have the equation P + 4E = 18.
2. A pan with eight eggs weighs 24 ounces.
In this case, the weight of the eggs is 8E, and the weight of the pan is still P. So we have the equation P + 8E = 24.
Now, we have a system of two equations with two unknowns (P and E). We can solve this system to find the weight of the pan.
Subtracting the first equation from the second equation, we get:
(P + 8E) - (P + 4E) = 24 - 18
4E = 6
Dividing both sides by 4, we find that E = 6/4 = 1.5 ounces.
Now we can substitute this value back into either of the original equations to find the weight of the pan. Let's use the first equation:
P + 4(1.5) = 18
P + 6 = 18
P = 18 - 6
P = 12
Therefore, the weight of the pan is 12 ounces.
To solve this problem, we need to figure out the weight of the eggs first, and then subtract that from the total weight of the pan and eggs to find the weight of the pan alone.
Let's start by finding the weight of one egg. We can do this by subtracting the weight of the pan with no eggs (which we don't know yet) from the weight of the pan with four eggs:
Weight of 4 eggs = 18 oz
Weight of pan with no eggs = ?
Weight of one egg = (Weight of 4 eggs - Weight of pan with no eggs) / 4
Next, we can use the same method to find the weight of one egg in the pan with eight eggs:
Weight of 8 eggs = 24 oz
Weight of pan with no eggs = ?
Weight of one egg = (Weight of 8 eggs - Weight of pan with no eggs) / 8
Since the weight of one egg should be the same in both cases, we can set these two equations equal to each other:
(18 - x) / 4 = (24 - x) / 8
Simplifying this equation, we get:
36 - 8x = 24 - 4x
12 = 4x
x = 3
So the weight of the pan with no eggs is 3 ounces. Now we can find the weight of the pan alone by subtracting the weight of the eggs from the total weight of the pan and eggs:
Weight of 4 eggs + pan = 18 oz
Weight of 8 eggs + pan = 24 oz
Weight of pan alone = (Weight of 8 eggs + pan) - (Weight of 4 eggs + pan)
Weight of pan alone = 24 - 18
Weight of pan alone = 6 ounces
Therefore, the weight of the pan alone is 6 ounces.