he organizers of a town's bike race were expecting 5,000 bikers to participate. The race was advertised as the "7,000,000 calorie competition" because 7,000,000 calories would be burned during the race if all 5,000 bikers participated. The advertisement assumed each biker would burn the same number of calories. The number of bikers who participated in the race was lower than expected.

Question

he organizers of a town's bike race were expecting 5,000 bikers to participate. The race was advertised as the "7,000,000 calorie competition" because 7,000,000 calories would be burned during the race if all 5,000 bikers participated. The advertisement assumed each biker would burn the same number of calories. The number of bikers who participated in the race was lower than expected.

Question
How many of the 5,000 bikers did ,begin emphasis,NOT,end emphasis, participate in the race if the race was really a 4.2 times 10 Superscript 6 Baseline calorie competition? Enter the answer in the box.

Answer 1

4,000 bikers participated in the race.

Calculation:
7,000,000 calories / 4.2 x 10^6 baseline calories = 1.6667
1.6667 x 5,000 bikers = 8333.33 bikers participated
5,000 bikers - 8333.33 bikers = 4,000 bikers did NOT participate.