SOLUTION: For lunch, I had a sandwich and 2 glasses of milk for a total of 660 calories. The sandwich had 2.4 times as many calories as 1 glass of milk. How many calories are in my sandwich?
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: For lunch, I had a sandwich and 2 glasses of milk for a total of 660 calories. The sandwich had 2.4 times as many calories as 1 glass of milk. How many calories are in my sandwich? PLEASE HELP! The answer is 360 calories, but I don't know how to get there.
This question is from textbook Algebra: structure and method: Book 1
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = calories in sandwich
Let = calories in milk
substitute in the 2nd equation for
in the 1st
calories
Now find
calories in sandwich
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