Question

Your friend hands out servings of sunflower seeds that are 2 3 23 cup each. The bag says a 1 4 14 cup serving contains 30 seeds and is 190 calories.

A) How many seeds are in one cup serving?

B) How many calories are in one cup serving?

Answer 1

To find the number of seeds in one cup serving, set up a proportion using the given information. Do the same to find the number of calories in one cup serving.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of seeds in one cup serving, we can set up a ratio using the information given. The bag says that a 1/4 cup serving contains 30 seeds. So, for a 1 cup serving, we can set up a proportion: 1/4 cup is to 30 seeds as 1 cup is to x seeds. Cross-multiplying we get: (1/4) * x = 30 * 1. Solving for x, we find that there are 120 seeds in one cup serving.

To find the number of calories in one cup serving, we can again set up a proportion using the information given. The bag says that a 1/4 cup serving contains 190 calories. So, for a 1 cup serving, we can set up a proportion: 1/4 cup is to 190 calories as 1 cup is to x calories. Cross-multiplying we get: (1/4) * x = 190 * 1. Solving for x, we find that there are 760 calories in one cup serving.