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A farmer grows 252 kilograms of apples. He sells them to a grocer who divides them into 5 kilogram and 2 kilogram bags. If the grocer uses the same number of 5 kg. as 2 kg. bags, then how many bags did he use in all?

2007-11-26 10:20:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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72 bags.

36 bags of 5kg = 180 kg
36 bags of 2 kg = 72 kg
180 + 72 = 252

2007-11-26 10:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by dogsafire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

72... 36 of each kind

2007-11-26 10:28:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋