Question

nancy eats 2,000 calories a day. she burns 500 during her workouts and 1,000 participating in her normal daily activities. how many more calories does she have to burn to lose weight? a more than 500 b less than 500 c at least 100 d less than 100 please select the best answer from the choices provided

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total calories burned so far

$500 + 1000=1500$

Step2: Calculate remaining calories to burn for weight - loss

To lose weight, she needs to burn more calories than she consumes. She consumes 2000 calories. She has burned 1500 calories so far. So she needs to burn $2000 - 1500=500$ more calories just to break - even. To lose weight, she needs to burn more than 500 additional calories.

Answer:

A. more than 500