Question

At a particular restaurant, each onion ring has 45 calories and each chicken wing has 65 calories. A combination meal with onion rings and chicken wings is shown to have 775 total calories and 5 more onion rings than chicken wings. Determine the number of onion rings in the combination meal and the number of chicken wings in the combination meal.

Answer 1

Answer:

10 onion rings and 5 chicken wings

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the combination meal be of x onion rings and y chicken wings.

1 onion ring =  45 calories

∴ x onion rings = 45x

and 1 chicken wing = 65 calories

∴ y chicken wings = 65y

∴ 45x+65y=775

Now, x = y + 5

45(y+5)+65y=775

45y+225+65y=775

110y=775-225=550

∴ y=5

and x = y + 5 = 5+5=10

∴ The number of onion rings in the combination meal is 10 and the number of chicken wings is 5 in the combination meal

CHECK:

45×10 + 65×5 = 450+325 = 775