Question

Blueberry high-fiber muffins contain 51 % dietary fiber by mass. If a package with a net weight of 18 oz contains six muffins, how many grams of fiber are in each muffin?

Answer 1

Answer:

In each muffin there are 1.53oz

Step-by-step explanation:

The first step is to get the weight of just one muffin. If the package contains six muffins we must divide the total weight by six.

$weight_{unit}=\frac{18oz}{6}=3oz$

The weight of just one muffin is 3oz.

Now, the problem says that blueberry high-fiber muffins contain 51 % dietary fiber by mass, which means that we must calculate the 51% of 3oz. We must take into account that 51% equals 51/100 which is 0.51. The equation would be:

$fiber=(3oz)(0.51)=1.53oz$

Finally, in each muffin there are 1.53oz of fiber.