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OpenStudy (anonymous):

An airline allows each passenger 48 kilograms of luggage. Carl has to lower the weight of his suitcase by 25% to stay within the limit. How much did the suitcase originally weigh?

OpenStudy (irishboy123):

solve C(1-0.25)=48 for C, where C (Carl, right!) is the original weight of Car's suitcase

thomaster (thomaster):

@Rezwanahmed that is not the correct answer

thomaster (thomaster):

Like @IrishBoy123 said.. solve \(\LARGE x\Large*0.75=48\) You can rewrite that to \(\LARGE x=\frac{48}{0.75}\)

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