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The suggested daily intake of Vitamin C is 75 mg.About how many servings of grapefruit would it take to provide most of the daily requirements of Vitamin C?

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we are asked in the problem to determine the number of servings of grapefruit to produce 75 mg of vitamin C. According to studies, the vitamin C content of grapefruit is 31.2 mg per 100 g fruit. using stoichiometry, we write

75 mg vitamin C * (100 g grapefruit)/31.2 mg Vitamin C = 240.39 g grapefruit. this is equivalent to about 2 small sized grapefruits.
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