document.write( "Question 123386This question is from textbook Algebra: structure and method: Book 1
\n" ); document.write( ": 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. \n" ); document.write( "
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Let \"s\" = calories in sandwich
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"m\" = calories in milk
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+%2B+2%2Am+=+660\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+2.4%2Am\"
\n" ); document.write( "substitute \"s\" in the 2nd equation for
\n" ); document.write( "\"S\" in the 1st
\n" ); document.write( "\"2.4%2Am+%2B+2%2Am+=+660\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4.4%2Am+=+660\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"m+=+150\" calories
\n" ); document.write( "Now find \"s\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+2.4%2Am\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+2.4%2A150\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+360\" calories in sandwich
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