SOLUTION: 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 mea
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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
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Meal A has 1 gram more than 3 times B. Write it like it reads:
A = 3B + 1 We'll use this value for A below.
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A-B = 19
3B+1-B = 19
2B = 18
B = 9
and A = 3B +1 = 3(9)+1 = 27+1 = 28
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Check: The difference in fat content between A and B is 19 grams:
28 - 9 = 19 Correct
