Question

The weight of $23$ bags of sugar is $586.5\mathrm{kg}$. How much does each bag weigh?

Answer 1

Total number of bags of sugar = $23$ bags

Total weight of $23$ bags = $586.5\mathrm{kg}$

$\begin{array}{rcl}\mathrm{Weight}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{each}\mathrm{bag}& =& \frac{\mathrm{Total}\mathrm{weight}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{bags}}{\mathrm{Total}\mathrm{number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{bags}}\\ & =& \frac{586.5}{23}\\ & =& 25.5\mathrm{kg}\end{array}$

Hence, weight of each bag of sugar is $25.5\mathrm{kg}$.