Question

The number of calories in a piece of pie is 20 less than three times the number of calories in a scoop of ice cream. The pie and ice cream together have 500 calories. How many calories are in each?

Answer 1

Answer:

130 calories in the ice cream and 500 calories in the pie.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the amount of calories in the scoop of ice cream be x. the amount of calories in the piece of pie be 3x-20. we know that x+3x-20=500.

4x-20=500

If we add twenty to both sides, we end up with:

4x=520

Divide both sides by four, and you get x=130.

there are 130 calories in the scoop of ice cream and 130*4-20=500 calories in the pie.