A farmer packed 37 pumpkins . Each pumpkin had a weight of about 48 ounces .He put them into three baskets. : The weight of the pumpkins in baskets A was 3 Time that of the pumpkins in baskets. : The weight of the pumpkins in basket B was twice that of the pumpkins in Basket C. : The weight of the empty basket C was 140 ounces. :What was the total weight of basket C and the pumpkins in it.

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abennett2021 abennett2021 · Answer 1 · 2021-04-08T08:20:39+02:00

Answer:

436 ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

You start of by finding the total weight of the pumpkins

37 × 48 = 1776 ounces

We know that basket A+B+C has to equal the total weight of the pumpkins

Since basket C is by itself it's weight alone equals p (pumpkins)

A=3p

B=2p

C=p

Now we put the equation together

[tex]total weight of pumpkins= A+B+C[/tex]

1776=3p+2p+p

1776= 6p

Divide the the 6 over to get p by itself

[tex]\frac{1776}{6} =p[/tex]

p=296 ounces

Then you have to add the weight of the empty basket

296+140= 436 ounces