document.write( "Question 1118659: A nutritionist finds that meal A has more fat than meal B. Meal A has 1 grams more than three times the amount of fat that Meal B has. The difference in the fat content between meal A and meal B is 19 grams. Find the fat content of meal A and meal B\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #734033 by addingup(3677) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let's start with the equality: \n" ); document.write( "Meal A has 1 gram more than 3 times B. Write it like it reads: \n" ); document.write( "A = 3B + 1 We'll use this value for A below. \n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \n" ); document.write( "A-B = 19 \n" ); document.write( "3B+1-B = 19 \n" ); document.write( "2B = 18 \n" ); document.write( "B = 9 \n" ); document.write( "and A = 3B +1 = 3(9)+1 = 27+1 = 28 \n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \n" ); document.write( "Check: The difference in fat content between A and B is 19 grams: \n" ); document.write( "28 - 9 = 19 Correct \n" ); document.write( " |