Question

Three rock climbers started a climb with each person carrying 7.8 kilograms of climbing equipment. A forth climber with no equipment joined the group. the group divides the total weight of climbing equipment equally among the four climbers. How much did each climber carry?

Answer 1

Basically 7.8x 3=23.4 kilograms total, but 23.4 divided by 4 is 5.85. HOPE this helps!