Kylie is packing books into boxes for shipping. Each full box must not be heavier than 6kg. The books she is packing weigh 750g each. She has already packed a total of 1,500g. How many books can she add to fill the box.

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Answer:

6 Books

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of books add to fill the box.

Given:

Kylie is packing books into boxes for shipping. Each full box must not be heavier than 6kg

Each book weight = 750g

She has already packed a total of 1,500g.

The full box must not be heavier than 6kg = 6000g.

And she has already fill 1500g.

Therefore, the remaining capacity of the box = Total capacity - used weight

remaining capacity = [tex]6000-1500[/tex]

remaining capacity = [tex]4500[/tex]

The remaining capacity of the box is 4500g.

Each book weight is 750g

So, x = remaining capacity divided by each book weight.

[tex]x=\frac{1500}{750}[/tex]

[tex]x=6[/tex]

Therefore, Kylle add 6 books to fill the box.