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In a warehouse there are 125 sacks of rice. sacks of rice weigh 100kg and 50kg. if the total rice in the warehouse is 8750kg, many 100kg and 50kg bags of rice are respectively

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let there are x number of 100kg sacks and 125-x number of 50 kg sacks. Given total rice in the warehouse weighs 8750. That is 

100x+50(125-x)=8750

100x+6250-50x=8750

50x=8750-6250

50x=2500

x=50

There are 50 sacks of 100 kg and 75 sacks of 50 kg

 

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