Question

John has consumed 1,600 calories so far today. He has also burned off 400 calories at the gym. He would like to keep his daily calorie total to 1,800 calories per day. How many calories does he have left to consume for the day? Is 1,000 a viable solution to this problem?

Answer 1

No; 1,000 will cause him to exceed 1,800.

Explanation:

Given,

The consumed calories = 1,600,

Burned calories = 400,

Thus, the remaining calories = 1600 - 400 = 1200

Since, 1,800 calories per day would be like to keep,

Also, 1200 < 1800

Hence, remaining calories is less than the required calories,

And, the calories left to consume for the day = Required calories - remaining calories

= 1800 - 1200

= 600

Therefore, 600 is the viable solution to this problem.

Note : If 1,000 a viable solution to this problem then the required calories will be more than 1800 or exceed 1800.