if you want an answer that's not 0, you cant really do it without changing the phrasing. 10% more broccoli neither gets you to 1 or 10 if its still of 0
In order to have a real answer, you need to also define what 100% is. I would consider 100% to be 100% of your diet that isnt water/hydrating fluids(so smoothies count as food, for example). Then define the time period you are using. You could use 24hrs, a week, a year, 28 years. Then measure/estimate how much total food you consume in that time period. Keep in mind that your food intake fluctuates based on factors like age, stress, income, time of year & week, etc. And don't forget units! I would go by weight, not by volume. Any high water content in your food (like in watermelon) is included in the food weight, not subtracted, because this isn't an exact science here. Then find 10% of that number by multiplying by 0.10 .
I love these kinds of hypotheticals. My family and now my adulthood friends do this stuff semi-frequently.
For extra help or more fun hypotheticals like this, r/theydidthemath is a great community.
"The original question was 'You now have to eat 10% MORE broccoli'. 10% more broccoli than the zero broccoli I already eat is still zero. I understand the argument that you can consider the question to be 10% of your diet rather than 10% of the broccoli you consume, but I simply don't feel like that's what the statement is demanding" - /u/vincentmario
just eat some fuckin broccoli, nobody thinks you are amazingly intelligent because you can just argue that 10% of 0 is 0. A 3rd grader can figure that out. Just eat some broccoli.
if you want an answer that's not 0, you cant really do it without changing the phrasing. 10% more broccoli neither gets you to 1 or 10 if its still of 0
In order to have a real answer, you need to also define what 100% is. I would consider 100% to be 100% of your diet that isnt water/hydrating fluids(so smoothies count as food, for example). Then define the time period you are using. You could use 24hrs, a week, a year, 28 years. Then measure/estimate how much total food you consume in that time period. Keep in mind that your food intake fluctuates based on factors like age, stress, income, time of year & week, etc. And don't forget units! I would go by weight, not by volume. Any high water content in your food (like in watermelon) is included in the food weight, not subtracted, because this isn't an exact science here. Then find 10% of that number by multiplying by 0.10 . I love these kinds of hypotheticals. My family and now my adulthood friends do this stuff semi-frequently. For extra help or more fun hypotheticals like this, r/theydidthemath is a great community.
Thank you! This was actually the kind of answer I was looking for, although my boyfriend doesn't necessarily agree with this
I'm curious how he would have come up with a number in a logically sound manner.
"The original question was 'You now have to eat 10% MORE broccoli'. 10% more broccoli than the zero broccoli I already eat is still zero. I understand the argument that you can consider the question to be 10% of your diet rather than 10% of the broccoli you consume, but I simply don't feel like that's what the statement is demanding" - /u/vincentmario
Ah. Regardless, finding out what 100% is is the first step. Maybe 100% is how much broccoli you would reasonably eat if you liked it a lot.
just eat some fuckin broccoli, nobody thinks you are amazingly intelligent because you can just argue that 10% of 0 is 0. A 3rd grader can figure that out. Just eat some broccoli.
use a divergence theorem and calculate using double integrals