If 5 potatoes together have a mass of 1 kilogram and 8 pears together have a mass of 1,200 grams, which has the greater mass, a potato or a pear? explain

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1kg=1000g so 1 potato weighs 1000/5=200g (on average).

1 pear weighs 1200/8=150g (on average).

The potato has the greater mass.

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