SOLUTION: I have a hard time with putting word problems into an equation. Can you please help me? A banana has 85 calories. This is 10 calories less than one eighth of the calories in a b

Question 537359: I have a hard time with putting word problems into an equation. Can you please help me?
A banana has 85 calories. This is 10 calories less than one eighth of the calories in a banana split. How many calories are in a banana split?
PLEASE HELP.
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"This" ___ 85

"is" ___ =

"10 calories less than" ___ - 10

"one eighth of the calories in a banana split" ___ S / 8

85 = (S / 8) - 10
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