Three rock climbers started a climb with each person carrying 7.8 kilograms of climbing equipment. a fourth climber with no equipment joined the group the group divided the total weight of climbing equipment equally among the four climbers

Each carried 1.95 kg weight

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :Three rock climbers started a climb with each person carrying 7.8 kilograms of climbing equipment.

A fourth climber with no equipment joined the group The group divided the total weight of climbing equipment equally among the four climbers

To Find : How much did each carry ?

Solution :

Each person out of three is carrying weight = 7.8 kg

So, Total weight carried by 3 climbers =

Now A fourth climber with no equipment joined the group

Total weight is divided among 4

So, weight carried by each climber =

Hence each carried 1.95 kg weight

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