Devon has 14 steel balls of equal weight. If he puts 8 of them in one pan of a balance, and the rest along with a weight of 20 grams in the other pan, the pans balance each other. Which equation can be used to find the weight of each steel ball?

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anonymous · Answer

Let the weight of each ball = X grams

So, weight of 8 balls = 8 * X grams = 8X grams

In the other pan you have 6X grams + 20 grams

Since they are balanced,

8X = 6X + 20

solve this for X and u have yr ans