Question

There are 190mg of sodium in 27.0 g serving of Wheaties. Every morning Hector makes 75.0 g of a serving. How much sodium does Hector intake with his breakfast every morning? Show work

Answer 1

Set up a proportion here.

\(\Large \color{MidnightBlue}{\Rightarrow 190:27=x:75 }\)

Since they have a direct relationship.

Answer 2

Amount of sodium in a 1g serving is 190/27mg
Amount of sodium in a 75 g serving is\[\frac{190}{27}\times 75\]

Answer 3

10.66 g serving?

Answer 4

wait no.

Answer 5

When I set it up i got
190:27=x:75
27x/27=1330/27
=49.259 g of sodium

Answer 6

\[\frac{190}{27}\times 75=527.78mg\]

Answer 7

oh ok thank you

Answer 8

You're welcome :)