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A new health drink has 130% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for a certain vitamin. The
RDA for this vitamin is 20 mg, How many milligrams of the vitamin are in the drink?

There are ( ) mg of the vitamin in the drink.

User Brian Kim
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Answer:
58.5 mg

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User Yuli Bonner
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Answer:

58.5 mg

Explanation:

Drink: 130% of RDA of vitamin X

RDA vitamin X = 45mg

130% of 45 = mg in the drink

130% = 130/100 = 1.3

130% of 45 = 1.3*45 = 58.5

So, this new drink has 58.5 mg of vitamin

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