Question

A body builder consumed 4,400 calories yesterday. Today, he consumed 3,600 calories. What is the percent decrease in number of calories consumed? Round to the nearest percent. Enter your answer in the box

Answer 1

(3600-4400)/4400*100%

=-18.18%=-18%

Answer 2

Answer : The percent decrease in number of calories consumed is, 18.18 %

Step-by-step explanation :

As we are given that:

Calories consumed by a body builder in yesterday = 4400 calories

Calories consumed by a body builder in today = 3600 calories

Now we have to determine the percent decrease in number of calories consumed.

`\text{Percent decrease}=\frac{\text{Calories consumed in yesterday}-\text{Calories consumed in today}}{\text{Calories consumed in yesterday}}* 100`

Now put all the given values in this formula, we get:

`\text{Percent decrease}=((4400-3600)cal)/(4400cal)* 100`

`\text{Percent decrease}=(800cal)/(4400cal)* 100`

`\text{Percent decrease}=18.18\%`

Therefore, the percent decrease in number of calories consumed is, 18.18 %