SOLUTION: a collection of Halloween candy contains a total of 12 Snickers bars and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. Chew on this: The grams of fat in these candy bars exceeds twice daily maximum d
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Question 703393: a collection of Halloween candy contains a total of 12 Snickers bars and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. Chew on this: The grams of fat in these candy bars exceeds twice daily maximum desirable fat intake of 70 grams by 26.5 grams. How many bars of each kind of candy are contained in the Halloween collection? Snickers fat: 14 Reese's PEanut Butter Cup Fat: 13.7
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Picking variables, x= how many snickers, y= how many reeses. The total count of candies is x+y=12.
The fat -----
Combined, the amount of fat is 70+26.5 grams. This is 96.5 grams of fat.
Use the variables and the fat content to account for the fat:
14*x+13.7*y=96.5
The system to solve is:
The easiest path to continue from here is to multiply the second equation by 14, and then subtract from the first equation. This will lead you to a solution for y. Then continue solving.
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