Question

There are 576 calories in nine ounces of a certain ice cream. How many calories are there in one pound? 1 pound = 16 ounces 1 pound=16 ounces Before you try that problem, answer the question below. How many ounces will you need to find the number of calories for?

Answer 1

Given:-

• There are 576 calories in 9 ounches of an ice cream.
• 1 pound = 16 ounches .

To find:-

• Number of calories in one pound.
• How many ounches will you need to find the number of calories for ?

Solution:-

Since 1 pound has 16ounches we need to find the number of calories for 16 ounches.

Here we can use the Unitary Method to find the number of calories as ,

In 9ounces there are 576 calories.

In 1 ounce there will be 576/9 calories

In 16 ounce there will be 576/9 * 16 = 1024 calories .

Hence there are 1024 calories in 1 pound of icecream.

and we are done!