Sugar free gum contains 40% less calories than regular gum. if a piece of regular gum contains 40 calories, how many calories does a piece of sugar free gum contain?

Karley Castillo

Karley Castillo

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2022-11-05

Sugar free gum contains 40% less calories than regular gum. if a piece of regular gum contains 40 calories, how many calories does a piece of sugar free gum contain?

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Aliya Moore

Aliya Moore

Beginner2022-11-06Added 17 answers

40% of 40 calories = = 40 100 40 calories = 16 calories
So sugar-free gum contains 16 fewer calories than regular gum:
40 calories −16 calories =24 calories.
Elliana Molina

Elliana Molina

Beginner2022-11-07Added 3 answers

According to the given, sugar-free gum has 40% less calories than regular gum. We can take this to mean that sugar free gum has 60% of the calories of regular gum.
To find out the answer to the problem, all we have to do is multiply the number of calories of regular gum by 60% or 0.60.
(60%)(40 calories)
=0.60(40 calories)
=24 calories

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