SOLUTION: A food contains three major ingredients : carbohydrate 50g, fats 15g and proteins 25g. (a) What fraction of food is carbohydrate? (b) What percentage of food is carbohydrate

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Question 376102: A food contains three major ingredients : carbohydrate 50g, fats 15g and proteins 25g.
(a) What fraction of food is carbohydrate?
(b) What percentage of food is carbohydrate?
(c) What fraction of food is not fat?
(d) What percentage of food is fat?
(e) What mass of fat is there in 60g of the food?

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A food contains three major ingredients : carbohydrate 50g, fats 15g and proteins 25g.
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Find total weight: 50 + 15 + 25 = 90g
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(a) What fraction of food is carbohydrate?
=
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(b) What percentage of food is carbohydrate?
* 100 = 55.56%
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(c) What fraction of food is not fat?
= =
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(d) What percentage of food is fat?
* 100 = 16.67%
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(e) What mass of fat is there in 60g of the food?
.1667 * 60 = 10 grams of fat

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