SOLUTION: A gram of fat contains about 9 calories. If a quarter pound hamburger is made tha is 85% lean (15% fat), how many calories from fat will a person consume by eating just the meat.

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Question 465654: A gram of fat contains about 9 calories. If a quarter pound hamburger is made tha is 85% lean (15% fat), how many calories from fat will a person consume by eating just the meat.
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A quarter pound is roughly 113.4 grams. 15% of this is fat, so (113.4 g)(.15) = 17.01 grams of fat in this burger. There are 9 calories per gram of fat, so in 17.01 calories there are (17.01 g)(9 Cal/g) = 153.09 Calories. 153 Calories is a good approximate answer.