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Picture of Mozart56
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There are five boxes.The total weight of boxes 1 and 2 is 12 pounds.Boxes 2 and 3 weigh 13 and a half pounds,boxes 3 and 4 total 11 and a half pounds.Boxes 4 and 5 total 8 pounds.Also boxes 1,3 and 5 total 16 pounds.

What is the weight of each boxes?


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This should work quite nicely if:

Box 1 = 5.5 pounds
Box 2 = 6.5 pounds
Box 3 = 7.0 pounds
Box 4 = 4.5 pounds
Box 5 = 3.5 pounds


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This was a "no sweat" for Coldfuse. Cool Good answer.


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