SOLUTION: A one-cup serving of pineapple juice has 9 more than three times as many calories as a one-cup of serving of tomato juice. If Jan combines a serving of each of the two juices and i

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Question 1097742: A one-cup serving of pineapple juice has 9 more than three times as many calories as a one-cup of serving of tomato juice. If Jan combines a serving of each of the two juices and it totals 173 calories, how many calories are in a serving of each type of juice?
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r, calories in one can of tomato juice
3r+9, calories in one can of pineapple juice


r%2B%283r%2B9%29=173, combined one of each cans of juice


4r%2B9=173
4r=164
r=25%2B16

highlight%28r=41%29-------calories in one can of tomato juice
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