Question 1119652: "Ive decreased the number of calories in the food by 125% which has helped me lose weight." If the speaker used to consume 2000 calories a day, how much does he now consume? Is thia possible?
Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! he consumed 2000 calories.
125% of 2000 calories = 2500 calories.
he now consumes 2000 - 2500 = -500 calories a day.
no, it is not possible.
if what was meant was that 2000 calories is 125% more than what he now consumes, then that would be possible.
in that case, let x = the number of calories he now consumes.
the equation becomes 1.25 * x = 2000.
solve for x to get x = 2000 / 1.25 = 1600 calories.
he is consuming 400 calories less than what he was consuming.
that would be 400 / 2500 = 16% less than what he was consuming.
16% of 2000 = .16 * 2000 = 400.
2000 - 400 = 1600.
the only way the first equation would be possible is if he stopped eating and just consumed whatever calories of energy he had in his system.
consuming -500 calories a day means he was expending 500 calories a day.
nothing was coming in.
it was all going out.
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