Varl is boarding a plane. He has 2 checked bags of equal weight and ackpack that weighs 4 kg . The total weight of Carl's baggage is 35 k Write an equation to determine the weight, \( w \), of each of Carl's ched ags. ind the weight of each of his checked bags.

To set up an equation for Carl's baggage situation, we can express the total weight of the baggage as the sum of the weights of his two checked bags and his backpack. If \( w \) represents the weight of each checked bag, then we can represent the total weight as: \[ 2w + 4 = 35 \] To find the weight of each checked bag, we can solve for \( w \). Subtract 4 from both sides: \[ 2w = 31 \] Now, divide both sides by 2: \[ w = 15.5 \] Therefore, each of Carl's checked bags weighs 15.5 kg.