Two glasses of milk and three snack bars have a total of 72 carbs. and 4 glasses of milk and 2 snack bars have a total of 88 carbs. Determine how many carbs are one glass of mild and one snack bar.

one glass of milk = 15 carbs

one bar = 14 carbs

Step-by-step explanation:

let 'm' = one glass of milk

let 'b' = one snack bar

system of equations:

2m + 3b = 72

4m + 2b = 88

I used the elimination method and multiplied the 1st equation by -2

  -4m - 6b = -144

+  4m + 2b =  88

           -4b = -56

              b = 14

now solve for 'm'

2m + 3(14) = 72

2m + 42 = 72

2m = 30

m = 15

the solution of the equation is 2.23 ⇒ answer b

step-by-step explanation:

* lets revise the meaning of exponential function

- the form of the exponential function is y = ab^x, where a ≠ 0, b > 0 ,  

  b ≠ 1, and x is any real number

- it has a constant base b

- it has a variable exponent x

- to solve an exponential equation, take the log or ln of both sides,  

  and solve for the variable

* lets solve the problem

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- the base is 7 and the exponent is x

- insert ㏑ in both sides

∴

- use the rule

∴ x ㏑(7) = ㏑(77)

- to find x divide both sides by ㏑(7)

∴

* the solution of the equation is 2.23 to the nearest 2 decimal places