Nathan's holiday...

Number Theory Level 1

Nathan is about to fly to Europe on holiday.

The total baggage allowance is 20 kg. Nathan only has scales that weigh in Newtons. Determine the mass of the items and clothing that Nathan can take with him to get the mass as close as possible to the baggage allowance.

Note: Take the gravitiational field strength to be 10 N/kg

18.2 N 19.5 kg 20.7 N 20.3 kg

Surayyah Aziz by Surayyah Aziz , 18, United Kingdom

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Surayyah Aziz
Aug 6, 2018

Solution: 19.5 kg

Explanation:

  • Clothes = 10.5 kg
  • Camera Bag = 5.5 kg
  • Jacket = 3.5 kg
  • Sum of Masses = 19.5 kg
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