SOLUTION: 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?

SOLUTION: 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?

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Question 132447: 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?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number of calories in a banana split.
x/8 -10 = 85
x/8 -10+10=85+10
x/8=95
8x/8=8*95
x=760 calories
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Ed
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