SOLUTION: Please help me solve this world problem. A carrot has 13 calories more than a celery stalk. Five carrots and ten celery stalks have only 170 calories. Find the number of calories i

Question 1074655: Please help me solve this world problem. A carrot has 13 calories more than a celery stalk. Five carrots and ten celery stalks have only 170 calories. Find the number of calories in a stalk of celery and in a carrot.
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Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let C be the calories in celery and T be calories in a carrot.

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Substitute into the first equation and solve for T.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Please help me solve this world problem. A carrot has 13 calories more than a celery stalk. Five carrots and ten celery stalks have only 170 calories. Find the number of calories in a stalk of celery and in a carrot.

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