The number of calories in a piece of pie is 20 less than three times the number of calories in a scoop of ice cream. The pie and ice cream together have 500 calories. How many calories are in each?

130 calories in the ice cream and 500 calories in the pie.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the amount of calories in the scoop of ice cream be x. the amount of calories in the piece of pie be 3x-20. we know that x+3x-20=500.

4x-20=500

If we add twenty to both sides, we end up with:

4x=520

Divide both sides by four, and you get x=130.

there are 130 calories in the scoop of ice cream and 130*4-20=500 calories in the pie.