ACT Math Question

Question

A typical high school student consumes 67.5 pounds of sugar per year. As part of a new nutrition plan, each member of a track team plans to lower the sugar he or she consumes by at least 20% for the coming year. Assuming each track member had consumed sugar at the level of a typical high school student and will adhere to this plan for the coming year, what is the maximum number of pounds of sugar to be consumed by each track team member in the coming year?

Answer 1

A typical high school student consumes 67.5 pounds of sugar per year. As part of a new nutrition plan, each member of a track team plans to lower the sugar he or she consumes by at least 20% for the coming year. Assuming each track member had consumed sugar at the level of a typical high school student and will adhere to this plan for the coming year, what is the maximum number of pounds of sugar to be consumed by each track team member in the coming year?

67.5 lbs/yr (20/100) = 13.5 lbs/yr

67.5 lbs/yr -13.5 lbs/yr = 54 lbs/yr

54 lbs/yr is the maximum number of pounds of sugar to be consumed by each track team member in the coming year.

Answer 2

Answer 3

Lets try using the simplest mathematical approach to solve the ACT Math problem.

The track team member aims to reduce their sugar intake by 20%. To find the maximum number of pounds they will consume:

Step 1: Calculate 20% of the original consumption:

20% x 67.5 pounds = .20 x 67.5 = 13.5 pounds

Step 2: Subtract the reduction (13.5 lbs.) amount from the original consumption (67.5 lbs.):

67.5 pounds -13.5 pounds = 54 pounds

So, each track team member will consume a maximum of 54 pounds of sugar in the coming year.

Solution:

By reducing their annual sugar intake by 20%, each track team member will limit their sugar consumption to 54 pounds for the upcoming year.

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Answer 4

The whole idea in this problem is that you have a starting point of 67.5 and you want to reduce it down and make it smaller to get to the desired level of sugar.

We want to reduce the 67.5 by 20%. 20% as a decimal is .2.

so let’s do an equation that reduces 67.5 by 20%

67.5 minus (67.5 times .2) is 54.0

Answer 5