What's the value of x?
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Answer:
1 oz of chips has 120mg of sodium, while in 1 cup of soda there are 50mg of sodium.
Step-by-step explanation:
This question can be solved by a system of equations.
I am going to say that:
x is the number of mg of sodium in 1 oz of chips.
y is the number of mg of sodium in a cup of soda.
Bryan ate 5 oz of chips and drank 1 cup of soda for a total of 650 mg of sodium.
This means that:
Jadyn ate 1 oz of chips and drank 5 cups of soda for a total of 250 mg of sodium.
This means that:
From the first equation:
Replacing in the second
1 oz of chips has 120mg of sodium, while in 1 cup of soda there are 50mg of sodium.