Kate wanted to buy 2kgs of apples. The vendor kept the 2kg weight on the right side and weighed 4 apples for that. She doubted on the correctness of the balance and placed 2 kg weight on the left side and she could weight 14 apples for 2 kgs. If the balance was correct how many apples she would have got?

• As she got less apples when the weight put on the right side, the left pan has more weight say w kgs.
  Now w + 4a = 2
  and w+ 2 = 14a
  Solving we get a = 2/9 Kgs.
  So she gets, 2/(2/9) = 9 apples
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