Mike calculates that from his day's intake of 2,156 calories, four times as many calories were from carbohydrates as from protein, and twice as many calories were from fat as from protein. How many calories were from carbohydrates?

**Please Be Descriptive In Your Answer**

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Mike calculates that from his day's intake of 2,156 calories, four times as many calories were from carbohydrates as from protein, and twice as many calories were from fat as from protein. How many calories were from carbohydrates?

**Please Be Descriptive In Your Answer**

lgbasallote · Answer

do you have an answer?

anonymous · Answer

4*p=c

c+p=2156

anonymous · Answer

Two equations two unknowns. You have enough information to solve for c and p

albert0898 · Answer

Huh? Please be more thorough. I don't get it.

albert0898 · Answer

Explain all steps please.

anonymous · Answer

I'm not going to solve for you sorry. I gave you two equations 

where 
c=carbohydrates
p=protein

anonymous · Answer

Getting the two equations was the hard part. Everything else should be easy. just solve for c or p.

You can do that by substitution method.

albert0898 · Answer

Equation:
2156 = 4c + c + 2c
From there:
2156 = 7c
And from this you can work out that:
c = 308
And because carbohydrates = 4c (c being amount of protein), there must be 1232 calories from carbohydrate.

Thanks anyways! xD