SOLUTION: number of grams of sugar in a cookie is 40 more than the number of grams to sugar in a brownie. this is represented by c=b+40 the number of grams of sugar in 8 brownies is 50 fewer

Question 584733: number of grams of sugar in a cookie is 40 more than the number of grams to sugar in a brownie. this is represented by c=b+40 the number of grams of sugar in 8 brownies is 50 fewer than the number of grams of sugar in 50 cookies.
what is a equation that represents the situation?
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number of grams of sugar in a cookie is 40 more than the number of grams to sugar in a brownie.
this is represented by c = b+40
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the number of grams of sugar in 8 brownies is 50 fewer than the number of grams of sugar in 50 cookies.
what is a equation that represents the situation?
8b = 50c - 50
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