a tin of soup contains 166 calories. this is 8.3% of the recommended daily number of calories. claculate the recommended daily number of calories.
To calculate the recommended daily number of calories, we divide the number of calories in the tin of soup by the percentage it represents of the recommended daily calories:
Recommended daily calories = (Calories in the tin of soup) / (Percentage)
Recommended daily calories = 166 calories / 8.3% = 166 calories / 0.083 = 1999.9999999999998 calories (rounded to the nearest calorie)
Therefore, the recommended daily number of calories is approximately 2000 calories.