Dan has a favorite fast food restaurant where he always orders French fries and a milk shake. If the

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    Dan has a favorite fast food restaurant where he always orders French fries and a milk shake. If the fries contain 15 grams of fat and the shake contains 9 grams of fat, how many burgers, at 17 grams of fat each, can Dan add to his fries and milkshake if he wants to keep the total fat content of his meal no greater than 69 grams?

    His original meal is 1 fry and 1 shake. This contains 15 + 9 = 24 grams of fat.

    To limit his meal to 69 grams of fat, he has 69 - 24 = 45 grams of fat left over.

    Therefore, he can consume:
    17b <= 45 where b is the number of burgers

    Dividing by 17, we get b = 2.65. Since he does not want to go over 45, he can eat 2 burgers.
     

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