Question

It is known that a bag of apples weighing 5.23 kg also weighs 11.53 pounds. From this information, derive an equation converting kg to pounds. Use it to calculate
how much would a bag of oranges weighing 4.87 kg would weigh in pounds.

Answer 1

5.23 kg=11.53 pounds
Lets find how much pounds is 1 kg:
\[\frac{5.23}{5.23}kg=\frac{11.53}{5.23}pounds\]
so
\[1kg \approx 2.205pounds\]

Then 4.87 kg will be
\[4.87\times 2.205\approx 10.738 pounds\]

Answer 2

The required equation is y = 2.2x (x is kg, y is pounds).

When x is 4.87, y is 2.2* 4.87 = 10.71 pounds approx.