Is 1,100 a viable solution to this problem?

Question

1. Yes; 1,100 is less than 1,500. 

2.No; 1,100 is more than the 400 he burned off at the gym. 

3.No; 1,100 will cause him to exceed 1,900. 

4.Yes; 1,100 is less than 1,900.

Full question: Jace has consumed 1,500 calories so far today. He has also burned off 400 calories at the gym. He would like to keep his daily calorie total to 1,900 calories per day. How many calories does he have left to consume for the day? Is 1,100 a viable solution to this problem?

Answer 1

Hello Diamond,

He has consumed 1500 of his allotted 1900 calories for the day. So, he has 800 calories left to consume.

The fact that he has burned 400 calories at the gym does not change the fact that he only wants to consume 1900 per day. So, if he consumes another 1100 calories his total calorie intake for the day will 2600 calories.

Even if we were to take into account the 400 burned calories and desire a net 1900 consumed for the day the total net consumed less burned calories would be

1500 +1100 -400 = 2100

So the correct answer is 3: No, 1,100 will cause him to exceed 1,900. 

Answer 2

Since he has burned off 400 calories already, he has 1900 - 400 = 1500 calories left for the day. So 1100 is viable because it's less than the remaining calories of 1500.