In one year, the two top-selling cereals were General Mills' Cheerios and Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, with combined sales of $1,007 million. Frosted Flakes sales were $324 million less than the sales of Cheerios. What were the 2001 sales for each brand?

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Let x be the sales of Frosted Flakes. Then the sales of Cheerios are x + 324. The combined sales are x + (x + 324) = 2x + 324 = 1007. Solving for x, we get x = 341.5. Therefore, the sales of Frosted Flakes are $341.5 million and the sales of Cheerios are $665.5 million.

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