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An airline allows every passenger to carry a maximum of 36 kilograms of baggage, including checked baggage. Carl's two checked bags are of equal weight, and his backpack weighs 4 kilograms.
Carl was 1 kilogram under his total baggage allowance.
Write an equation to represent the weight of Carl's baggage in terms of the weight w of each of his checked bags. Find the value of w.

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will award medal:
putting a word problem into an equation?
An airline allows every passenger to carry a maximum of 36 kilograms of baggage, including checked baggage. Carl's two checked bags are of equal weight, and his backpack weighs 4 kilograms.
Carl was 1 kilogram under his total baggage allowance.
Write an equation to represent the weight of Carl's baggage in terms of the weight w of each of his checked bags. Find the value of w.

anonymous · Answer

the two checked bags are 15.5 each. with the backpack (4)
i dont know how to write the equation

coconutjj · Answer

2w+4=35

anonymous · Answer

i dislike word problems so much

coconutjj · Answer

But the whole point in word problems is to apply mathematics