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Ravish has three boxes whose total weight is 6012 kg. Box B weighs 312 kg more than box A and box C weighs 513 kg more than box B. Find the weight of box A.

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Solution

Let the weight of box A be x kg.Therefore, the weights of box B and box C will be (x + 312) kg and (x + 312 + 513) kg, respectively.According to the question,x + (x + 312) + (x + 312 + 513) = 6012or 3x = 1212 - 72 - 72 - 163or 3x = 363 - 21 - 21 - 326or 3x = 2896or x = 28918Thus, weight of box A = 28918 kg

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