Question

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At a particular restaurant, each mozzarella stick has 90 calories and each onion ring has 50 calories. A combination meal with mozzarella sticks and onion rings is shown to have 960 total calories and 3 times as many mozzarella sticks as there are onion rings. Determine the number of mozzarella sticks in the combination meal and the number of onion rings in the combination meal.

Answer 1

x (50) + 3x (90) = 960 calories

50x + 270x = 960 calories

320x = 960

x = 3

onion rings = 3

mozzarella sticks = 9

Explanation:

This is algebra.

x represents onion rings. 3x represents mozzarella sticks.

Answer 2

9 mozzarella sticks and 3 onion rings

Explanation: