Herschel uses an app on his smartphone to keep track of his daily calories from meals. one day his calories from breakfast were 128 more than his calories from lunch, and his calories from dinner were 400 less than twice his calories from lunch. if his total caloric intake from meals was 1932 , determine his calories for each meal.

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Jonathan

7 March, 12:08

Herschel uses an app on his smartphone to keep track of his daily calories from meals. one day his calories from breakfast were 128 more than his calories from lunch, and his calories from dinner were 400 less than twice his calories from lunch. if his total caloric intake from meals was 1932 , determine his calories for each meal.

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Jaylah Roberts · Answer 1

Let the number of calories from lunch be called L. As such, breakfast is then L + 128, and dinner is 2L - 400. We can then sum the three meals and equate it to the total caloric intake, the known value of 1932.

So: 1932 = L + L + 128 + 2L - 400 = 4L - 272.

Lunch = 551

Breakfast = 551 + 128 = 679

Dinner = 2*551 - 400 = 702