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To: doorgunner69
Lots of smart folks here, but most of you made it too complicated. You didn’t need to solve for the weight of each animal if you only needed to know the combined weight of all three.

The way the problem is written, each animal was weight twice — and only twice. If the total weight of the three weighings in the three combinations of animals was 54 kg and it doesn’t matter how much each one weighs, just divide 54 by 2 and you get 27 kg.

82 posted on 08/26/2023 3:23:41 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.”)
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To: Alberta's Child

The way the problem is written, each animal was weight twice — and only twice. If the total weight of the three weighings in the three combinations of animals was 54 kg and it doesn’t matter how much each one weighs, just divide 54 by 2 and you get 27 kg.
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LOL! Demonstrated the importance of reading comprehension didn’t it?


87 posted on 08/26/2023 5:08:21 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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