Question

What is the percentage of cacao in hot chocolate which is made of 480 grams of milk and 20 grams of cacao?

Answer 1

Given that the hot chocolate is made of 480 grams of milk and 20 grams of cacao.

We need to determine the percentage of cacao in hot chocolate.

The percentage of cacao:

The total grams of hot chocolate can be determined by adding the total grams of milk and the total grams of cacao.

Total grams of hot chocolate = Grams of Milk + Grams of cacao

Total grams of hot chocolate = 480 + 20 = 500 grams.

Thus, the total grams of hot chocolate is 500 grams.

Now, we shall find the percentage of cacao.

The percentage of cacao is given by

$\frac{100}{500}\times 20$

Simplifying, the values, we get,

$\frac{2000}{500}=4\%$

Thus, the percentage of cacao is 4%