Question

a bowl of cereal contains 43 grams of carbohydrates which is 20% of the recommended daily value of a 2,000 calorie diet. what is the total number of grams of carbohydrates in that diet?

Answer 1

Are you good with percents?

Answer 2

argh, hold on

Answer 3

it comes up wrong when I do that. 0.2x=2000

Answer 4

Is it not .80 * 43?

Answer 5

I don't think so

Answer 6

yeah, this one is different, let me think

Answer 7

actually, I don't think the number 2,000 is included in the calculation

Answer 8

try

43 = 0.2x

Answer 9

it didn't come out good

Answer 10

20% is the same as 1/5

Answer 11

Do the translation of that sentence:

Answer 12

So part / whole, right?

Answer 13

Replace "recommended amount" with variable of your choice.

Answer 14

it didn't work isn't it supposed to be 215 something?? how do I get that

Answer 15

Solve the equation by dividing both sides by .20

Answer 16

@Mertsj I know that is right, but why does 43 * .80 not work? If it is 20% of it, that means you have 80 to go? Can you explain that?

Answer 17

oh lol, it is 20 % of recommended value, which we did not know till we solved lol