A patient drinks 5 12ounce cups of coffee daily. The doctor recommends cutting back 60%, how many ounces of coffee can the patient have each day?

The patient can have 204.8 ounce cups of coffee every day.

Step-by-step explanation:

Initial consumption limit of the coffee by the patient - 512-ounce cups

Doctor recommendation-60% cut back in the coffee consumption

Thus according to the doctor's recommendation, if the patient needs to cut back 60% of the coffee consumption, then he is only to consume remaining (100-60) = 40% of his daily consumption.

Total daily consumption he can take = 40% of initial consumption

= (40/100) * 512 ounces

= 204.8 ounces of coffee

Hence, the patient needs to take only 204.8 ounces of coffee complying by the Doctor's recommendation.