Question

A bottle contains 16.1 fluid ounces of a sports drink. There are 45 calories for

every 8 fluid ounces of the sports drink.
a. About how many calories are in the full bottle?
b. The nutrition label indicates that there are about 100 calories in the
full bottle. Does this agree with your estimate in part (a)?

Answer 1

91

no

Explanation:

a.

Use a proportion.

45/8 = x/16.1

8x = 45 × 16.1

x = 90.6

The full bottle has about 91 calories.

b.

no