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Aakash bought vegetables weighing $10 \ kg.$ Out of this $3 \ kg\ 500\ g$ is onions, $2 \ kg\ 75\ g$ is tomatoes and the rest is potatoes. What is weight of the potatoes?
Answer
View full question & answer→Weight of vegetables bought $= 10 \ kg$
Weight of onions $= 3 \ kg\ 500\ g = 3 \ kg + 500\ g$
$= 3 \ kg+ \frac{{500}}{{1000}} \ kg = 3 \ kg + 0.500 \ kg ...[\because 1g =\frac{1}{{1000}} \ kg]$
$= (3 + 0.500) \ kg = 3.500\ kg$
Weight of tomatos $= 2 \ kg\ 75\ g = 2 \ kg + 75\ g$
$= 2 \ kg + \frac{{75}}{{1000}} \ kg = 2 \ kg + 0.075 \ kg ...[\because 1g =\frac{1}{{1000}} \ kg]$
$= (2 + 0.075) \ kg = 2 \ kg + 0.075 \ kg$
$\therefore $ Weight of potatoes $= 10 \ kg – 5.575 \ kg = 4.425 \ kg$

Weight of onions $= 3 \ kg\ 500\ g = 3 \ kg + 500\ g$
$= 3 \ kg+ \frac{{500}}{{1000}} \ kg = 3 \ kg + 0.500 \ kg ...[\because 1g =\frac{1}{{1000}} \ kg]$
$= (3 + 0.500) \ kg = 3.500\ kg$
Weight of tomatos $= 2 \ kg\ 75\ g = 2 \ kg + 75\ g$
$= 2 \ kg + \frac{{75}}{{1000}} \ kg = 2 \ kg + 0.075 \ kg ...[\because 1g =\frac{1}{{1000}} \ kg]$
$= (2 + 0.075) \ kg = 2 \ kg + 0.075 \ kg$
$\therefore $ Weight of potatoes $= 10 \ kg – 5.575 \ kg = 4.425 \ kg$




