Question
A hospital dietitian computes the daily calorie intake for a patient as 3000 calories. The calories allowed for lunch are twice the calories allowed for breakfast. The calories allowed for dinner are one and one-half the calories allowed for lunch. The allowance for an evening snack is 180 calories. How many calories are allowed for lunch?
Answers
GPT 3.5
Let "x" be the number of calories allowed for breakfast.
Lunch:2x
Dinner:1.5(2x)=3x
Total: x+2x+3x+180=3000
6x+180=3000
6x=2820
x=<<470=470>>470 calories. Answer: \boxed{470}.
Lunch:2x
Dinner:1.5(2x)=3x
Total: x+2x+3x+180=3000
6x+180=3000
6x=2820
x=<<470=470>>470 calories. Answer: \boxed{470}.