SOLUTION: the number of calories in a piece of pie is 25 less than two times the number of calories in a scoop of ice cream. the pie and ice cream together have 500 calories. how many calori
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Question 678496: the number of calories in a piece of pie is 25 less than two times the number of calories in a scoop of ice cream. the pie and ice cream together have 500 calories. how many calories are in each?
Answer by rm29924(97) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let X = the number of calories in a scoop of ice cream
the number of calories in a piece of pie = 2x-25
together they have 500 calories so we add them
X+2X-25=500
3X-25=500
3X=525
X=175
the number of calories in a scoop of ice cream is 175
to get the number of calories in a piece of pie plug the value of x into
2X-25
2(175)-25
350-25
325
the number of calories in a piece of pie is 325
325+175=500
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