Question

A grilled chicken salad at a popular fast food restaurant contains 680 milligrams (mg) of sodium, which is 27% of the recommended daily amount. What is the total recommended daily amount, in milligrams, of sodium? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)

Answer 1

Let the recommended daily amount be x. Thus;

`\begin{gathered} 0.27x=680mg \\ \\ x=(680)/(0.27)mg \\ \\ x=2518.5mg \\ \\ \end{gathered}`

ANSWER: The total recommended daily amount is 2518.5milligram of sodium.