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a food pantry package weighs 60 pounds. each package contains 4 identical bags of pasta and a single 7 pound bag of lentils.​

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User Samii
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You didn't include a question.


But I am going to make some assumptions here.

Let P = the weight of a bag of pasta.

The equation would be:

60 = 4P + 7

Solve for P to see how much one bag of pasta weighs.

53 = 4P

Divide both sides by 4.

53/4 = P

13.25 = P

A bag of pasta weighs 13.25 lbs.

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User JohnGoldsmith
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