Question

A new and improved snack has 22% fewer calories less thatn the origanal version of the snack. If the old version had 200 calories how many calories does the new snack have.

Answer 1

Let be "x" the amount of calories the new snack has.

Based on the information given in the exercise, you can set up the following equation:

`\begin{gathered} x=200-(22)/(100)(200) \\ \\ x=200-0.22(200) \end{gathered}`

(Notice that 22% can be written as a decimal number by dividing 22 by 100)

Now, in order to find the value of "x", you need to evaluate:

1. You must solve the multiplication:

`x=200-44`

2. Finally you must solve the subtraction:

`x=156`

The answer is: It has 156 calories.