The equation y = 16x + 560 describes the number of calories in a recipe, where y is the total number of calories and x is the number of teaspoons of sugar added. The table shows the number of calories in another recipe, where y is the total number of calories and x is the number of teaspoons of honey added.

How many calories are in a teaspoon of sugar, and how many are in a teaspoon of honey?

Teaspoons of honey 1 2 4 7

Total calories 504 568 696 888

How many calories does a teaspoon of sugar contain?

How many calories does a teaspoon of honey contain?

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Roderick Pollard

24 September, 09:08

The equation y = 16x + 560 describes the number of calories in a recipe, where y is the total number of calories and x is the number of teaspoons of sugar added. The table shows the number of calories in another recipe, where y is the total number of calories and x is the number of teaspoons of honey added.

How many calories are in a teaspoon of sugar, and how many are in a teaspoon of honey?

Teaspoons of honey 1 2 4 7

Total calories 504 568 696 888

How many calories does a teaspoon of sugar contain?

How many calories does a teaspoon of honey contain?

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Carlie Burke · Answer 1

Given:

1st recipe

y = 16x + 560

where x is the number of teaspoons of sugar; y is the total number of calories

2nd recipe

tsps of honey 1 2 4 7

total calories 504 568 696 888

There are 16 calories in a teaspoon of sugar.

There are 64 calories in a teaspoon of honey.

568-504 / 2 - 1 = 64/1

696-568 / 4 - 2 = 128/2 = 64

888-696 / 7 - 4 = 192/3 = 64