There are three chickens (large, medium, and small). They weighed themselves in different groupings. Below is the information we have: the large chicken plus the medium chicken weigh 10.6 kilograms; the large chicken plus the small chicken weigh 8.5 kilograms; the medium chicken and the small chicken weigh 6.1 kilograms. What is the weight of each chicken? Show how you figured it out.

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  1. There are three chickens (large, medium, and small). They weighed themselves in different groupings. Below is the information we have: the large chicken plus the medium chicken weigh 10.6 kilograms; the large chicken plus the small chicken weigh 8.5 kilograms; the medium chicken and the small chicken weigh 6.1 kilograms. What is the weight of each chicken? Show how you figured it out.
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