Question

George ate a meal that included a steak, a loaded baked potato, and coleslaw. The coleslaw had 50 fewer calories than the baked potato. The steak had twice as many calories as the baked potato. The total number of calories in the meal was 1550 calories. Write an equation that could be used to find the number of calories in the loaded baked potato (where P presents the calories in the loaded baked potato). Then, SOLVE the equation.

Answer 1

Below

Explanation:

c oleslaw = p - 50

p = potato

s = 2 p Summed these = 1550

p-50 + p + 2p = 1550 Gather 'like' terms

4p - 50 = 1550 add 50 to both sides of the equation

4p = 1600 divide both sides by 4

p = 400 calories

Answer 2

400 calories

Explanation:

Let's call the number of calories in the loaded baked potato as P. Then the coleslaw had P-50 calories and the steak had 2P calories.

So the equation for the total number of calories in the meal is:

P + (P-50) + 2P = 1550

4P = 1600

P = 400

Therefore, the loaded baked potato had 400 calories.