Question

a 6 oz box of candy has 350 calories. how many calories would a 10 oz boz contain? round your answer to the nearest calorie

Answer 1

583 calories for the 10 ounce box

Explanation:

We can use proportions to solve this problem. Put calories over ounces

350 calories x calories

---------------- = ------------------

6 ounces 10 ounces

Using cross products

350*10 = 6x

3500=6x

Divide by 6

3500/6 = 6x/6

583.333333(repeating) =x

Round to the nearest calorie

583 calories for the 10 ounce box