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14. According to a recent government study, the average 15-year-old male gets 11.4% of his daily caloric intake from sugar drinks.
If that 15-year-old consumes 2,400 calories each day, how many calories come from sugar drinks?

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The calories come from sugar drinks = 269.76 calories

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Daily caloric intake from sugar drinks = 11.4%
  • Total calories consumed each day = 2400

Calories come from sugar drinks = 11.4% of 2400

⇒ (11.4/100)[tex]\times[/tex]2400

⇒ 11.4[tex]\times[/tex]24

⇒ 269.76 calories.

∴ Calories come from sugar drinks is 269.76 calories.

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