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A bottle fill of honey weighs 1.5kg and half full of honey weighs 900 gms. What would be the weight of empty bottle?

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A bottle fill of honey weighs 1.5kg and half full of honey weighs 900 gms. What would be the weight of empty bottle?
posted Jan 29, 2015 by Vikram Luthra

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Answer is 300 grams
Let weight of honey be 'y'
and of bottle be 'x'
So
x+y = 1500-------(1)
x+(y/2) = 900
2x + y =1800-----------(2)
solving 1 and 2 ,
x = 300 grams
y = 1200 grams

answer Jan 29, 2015 by Jaspalsingh Parmar
thank you
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weight of empty bottle is ****150 gms****

answer Jan 30, 2015 by Sai Kumar



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