Emil's backpack weighs six and three eights pounds. he removes a book that weighs three fourth pound. then he removes a book that weighs one half pound .how much does emil's back pack weigh now

Emil's back pack weigh now .

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total Weight of backpack =

can be Rewritten as

Weight of backpack =  

Weight of Book 1 =

Weight of Book 2 =

We need to find weight of back pack after removing books.

Solution:

Now we can say that;

weight of back pack after removing books can be calculated by Subtracting Weight of Book 1 and Weight of Book 2 from Total Weight of backpack.

framing in equation form we get;

weight of back pack after removing books =

Now to solve the equation we will first make the denominator common using LCM.

weight of back pack after removing books =

Now the denominators are common so we will solve the numerator.

weight of back pack after removing books =

Hence Emil's back pack weigh now .

answer: 2x + 2 − 2 = 10 − 2; subtraction property of equality

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