Problema Solution
An airline allows each passenger 36 kilograms of luggage. Carl has to lower the weight of his suitcase by 25% to stay within the limit.
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We will assume you need to find the original weight of Carl's suitcase.
Let 'x' represent the weight of Carl's suitcase.
0.75x = 36 (lowering by 25% means that he will keep 100 - 25 = 75% of the weight thus we multiply by 0.75)
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x = 48 kg
The original weight of Carl's suitcase was 48 kilograms.