super star:Box + 3 F = 10.2 ---- Box + 12 B =10.2 Eq 1HI MATHS GURU
please help me.The mass of a box containing 3 files was 10.2kg.Later,Ali added 2 more files & 3 books into the box and the mass of the box and its contents became 19 kg .if the mas of one file was four times the mass of a book,find the mass of the box when empty (leave your answer in kg).
Box + 5 F + 3 B = 19 ---Box + 20 B + 3 B = 19 Eq 2
Eq 2 minus Eq 1 -----11 B = 8.8
1B = 0.8 kg
10.2 - 12 x 0.8 = 0.6 kg (Mass of empth box)