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Restaurant​ a's chicken salad contains the same number of grams of fat as the chicken salad of restaurant

c. restaurant​ b's chicken salad contains 55 more grams of fat than restaurant​ a's chicken salad. if the total amount of fat in all three salads is 6565 ​grams, find the number of grams of fat in each salad.

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To compute for grams of fat in each salad:

We know that, A = C.

And B is 5 grams more, so it is B = 5 + A

And the total fat is 65, so A + B + C = 65 grams.


Computation:

A + (5 + A) + A = 65

3A + 5 = 65

3A = 60

A = 20

A = 20

B = (65 - 40) = 25

C = 20
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