Problema Solution
One bar or candy A and two bars of candy B have 775 calories. Two bars of candy A and one bar of candy B contain 779 calories. Find the caloric content of each candy bar.
Answer provided by our tutors
let 'A' represent the calories in candy A and let 'B' represent the calories in candy B:
A + 2B = 775
2A + B = 779
solving for 'A' and 'B' we have:
A = 261
B = 257
Candy A has 261 calories, Candy B has 257 calories