A passenger traveling by air is allowed a maximum of 20kg luggage. A man has 4 bags weighing 3.5kg , 15kg, 2kg, 1.5kg. Find the excess weight of the luggage. Express the excess weight as a percentage of the maximum weight​

The passenger's luggage has an excess weight of 2 kg, which is 10% of the maximum weight.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we need to find the weight (W) of the 4 bags:

Now, knowing that the maximum allowed (M) is 20 kg the excess weight of the luggage is:

We can express the excess weight in percentage as follows:

Therefore, the passenger's luggage has an excess weight of 2 kg, which is 10% of the maximum weight.          

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