Question

Carl is boarding a plane. He has 2 checked bags of equal weight and a backpack that weighs 4 kg. The total weight of Carl's baggage is 35kg

Write an equation to determine the weight, w, of each of Carl's checked bags.
And the weight of each of Carl's check bags

Answer 1

(35 - 4)/2 = w and 15.5kg

Explanation:

To get the weight of both bags you would have to first subtract the backpack's weight from the total weight. 35 - 4 = 31. Now divide by 2 to get the weight of one bag. 31/2 = 15.5. Each bag weighs 15.5 kg