SOLUTION: Believe it or not, if you eat a Burger King hamburger with large fries, you will also get 820 calories. However, if you double the calories in the burger, you will have 140 more c

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Question 197962: Believe it or not, if you eat a Burger King hamburger with large fries, you will also get 820 calories. However, if you double the calories in the burger, you will have 140 more calories than are in the fries. How many calories are in each?
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Kathyp68
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Just solve the system. I would put the 2nd equation in standard form and then solve by elimination, although solving the 1st equation for either of the variables and then using substitution would work just as well.

John