Thread: I need help with word problems that require MAAD Table

Suppose that one slice of Grandma's mincemeat pie has as many calories as six ounces of turkey and a candied yam. Suppose that a candied yam has six calories more than four ounces of turkey. Suppose that a slice of mincemeat pie and nine ounces of turkey has 994 calories. How many calories would then be in one candied yam?

I know that we are looking for how many calories are in one yam, X = calories in one yam

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Hello, jaguirre1!

Suppose that one slice of Grandma's mincemeat pie has as many calories as six ounces of turkey and a candied yam.
Suppose that a candied yam has six calories more than four ounces of turkey.
Suppose that a slice of mincemeat pie and nine ounces of turkey has 994 calories.
How many calories would then be in one candied yam?

Let: .

We are told: .

We have this system of equations: .
Solve the system.

How did you do this without the table...

I understand everything up to when you get to the system of equations..