SOLUTION: One scoop of ice cream has 5 mg of cholesterol less than the amount of cholesterol in one hamburger. Together, they have 37 mg of cholesterol. How much cholesterol is in each food

Question 747047: One scoop of ice cream has 5 mg of cholesterol less than the amount of cholesterol in one hamburger. Together, they have 37 mg of cholesterol. How much cholesterol is in each food
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One scoop of ice cream has 5 mg of cholesterol less than the amount of cholesterol in one hamburger.
Let the amt. of cholesterol in one hamburger be "x".
Then amt in one scoop of icecream is x-5
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Together, they have 37 mg of cholesterol.
Equation:
x + x-5 = 37 mg
2x = 42 mg
x = 21 mg
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How much cholesterol is in each food
hamburger = x = 21 mg
ice cream = (x-5) = 16 mg
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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