Extinguishing 63834

40% of the foam was sprayed from the foam fire extinguisher during the fire extinguishing exercise. The weight of the entire device was 7 kg, and after training, it dropped to 4.6 kg. What was the weight of the empty device?

Correct answer:

m =  1 kg

Step-by-step explanation:

q=100%40%=110040=0.6  m+p=7 m+q p=4.6 m+p=7 m+0.6 p=4.6  m+p=7 m+0.6p=4.6  Row2Row1Row2 m+p=7 0.4p=2.4  p=0.42.4=6 m=7p=76=1=1 kg  m=1 p=6



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