Question

Ian added to his chicken soup 4 cups of egg noodles containing 13.24 grams of fat. He calculated that each cup of egg noodles has 0.331 grams of fat. Explain how you can use estimation to determine if Ian’s answer is correct.

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Answer 1

Amount of fats contained in one cup of eggs noodles is 3.31 grams .

Explanation:

As given

Ian added to his chicken soup 4 cups of egg noodles containing 13.24 grams of fat.

i.e

4 cups = 13.24 grams of fat

`Amount\ of\ fats\ contained\ in\ one\ cup\ of\ egg\ noodles = (Total\ amount\ of\ fats\ in\ 4\ cups)/(Total\ number\ of\ cups)`

`Amount\ of\ fats\ contained\ in\ one\ cup\ of\ egg\ noodles = (13.24)/(4)`

`Amount\ of\ fats\ contained\ in\ one\ cup\ of\ egg\ noodles = 3.31\ grams`

Thus Ian’s answer is incorrect .

Therefore amount of fats contained in one cup of eggs noodles is 3.31 grams .

Answer 2

Answer: Ian's calculation was wrong.

Explanation:

Given: the amount of fat in 4 cups of chicken soup=
`13.24\ grams\approx13\ grams`

Then, the estimated amount of fat in 1 cup of chicken soup=
`(13)/(4)`

Now, to divide 13 by 4 we can use estimation that 13 is near to 12 anhd 12 divided by 4 is 3.

Therefore, the estimated amount of fat in 1 cup of chicken soup =3

But Ian calculated that the amount of fat in 1 cup soup = 0.331 which is estimated to 0.

Therefore, Ian's calculation was wrong.