Lukas eats 1,500 pounds of food in a year. He wants to keep his added sugars down to 9% of his total intake. Find the number of pounds of added sugar he could eat in a year at that rate.(1 point)

Responses

167 lb.
167 lb.

24 lb.
24 lb.

135 lb.
135 lb.

600 lb.
600 lb.
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To find the number of pounds of added sugar Lukas could eat in a year, we first need to calculate 9% of his total food intake.

9% of 1,500 pounds = (9/100)*1,500 = 135 pounds

Therefore, Lukas could eat 135 pounds of added sugar in a year.