SOLUTION: According to soap box derby rules, a racer must weigh 250 pounds or less. The math Club's car weighed in at 266 pounds on the day of the derby. How many pounds did the Math club ne

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Question 943489: According to soap box derby rules, a racer must weigh 250 pounds or less. The math Club's car weighed in at 266 pounds on the day of the derby. How many pounds did the Math club need to remove from their soap box racer ?
Dana added the weight limit to the racer's weight. Since 250+266=516, the math club needed to remove 516 pounds from the racer.
Hector subtracted the weight limit from the racer's weight. Since 266-250= 16, The Math Club needed to remove 16 pounds from the racer.

A. Dana
B. Hector
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hector is right, of course.
266-250=16<--->266=250%2B16
If the math Club's soap box car weighs 266 pounds,
you could at most remove 266 pounds from it.
You could never remove 516 pounds from it.