We know that the ratio 9:5:4 tells us that 18 equal amounts' of calories make up a meal. Now we know that 450 calories equals 5 of this parts (since protein is made out of 5 of this parts. Now we have to find out the amoung of calories in one of this 18 parts and multiply it by 9. So we do......
Adam is incorrect because if you substitute the value of y (which is 2) on the expression 52-3y=20, the statement is false since 46 is obviously not equal to 20.