Answer:
Therefore the weight of the box that Kiva's father carries is 60 pounds.
Step-by-step explanation:
The weight of the box carried by Kiva is 21 pounds.
Let the weight of the box carried by Kiva's father be y pounds.
The weight of box carried by Kiva is 65% lighter than the weight of the box carried by Kiva's father
Therefore we can write
[tex]( 1 - \frac{65}{100} ) y = 21\hspace{0.2cm} \Rightarrow \hspace{0.2cm} 0.35 y = 21\hspace{0.2cm} \therefore \hspace{0.2cm} y =\hspace{0.2cm} \Rightarrow \hspace{0.2cm} 60\hspace{0.1cm}pounds[/tex]
Therefore the weight of the box that Kiva's father carries is 60 pounds.
