Question

NEED HELP AND FAST! A new soup recipe contains 33% less sodium per serving than the old soup recipe. The old soup recipe contained x milligrams of sodium per serving.
Which of the following expressions could represent the amount of sodium per serving, in milligrams, in the new soup recipe? choose 2 answers

Answer 1

Answer:

x-0.33x  = 0.67x

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :  A new soup recipe contains 33% less sodium per serving than the old soup recipe.

The old soup recipe contained x milligrams of sodium per serving.

To Find: Which of the following expressions could represent the amount of sodium per serving, in milligrams, in the new soup recipe

Solution :

Since we are given that old recipe contains x milligrams of sodium per serving

And new recipe  contains 33% less sodium per serving than the old soup recipe.

So, 33%of x = 0.33x

Since new recipe contains 33% less sodium than old recipe:

⇒x-0.33x

or

⇒(1-0.33)x

⇒0.67x

Thus expressions which could represent the amount of sodium per serving, in milligrams, in the new soup recipe :

x-0.33x or 0.67x

Answer 2

Answer:

x-33 and 0.33

Step-by-step explanation: