Question

Lara bought philly pretzels. Each serving has 1.7 grams of fat. She ate 1.5 servings of pretzels at lunch and 1.25 servings of the pretzels as a snack. How many grams of fat were in both servings? Explain how you found the answer.

Answer 1

4.675 g

Explanation:

You want to know the grams of fat in both of 1.5 servings and 1.25 servings of pretzels that have 1.7 grams of fat per serving.

Servings

Lara ate 1.5 +1.25 = 2.75 servings of pretzels.

Fat

Each serving has 1.7 grams of fat, so her total fat intake from the pretzels is ...

(1.7 g/serving) × (2.75 servings) = 4.675 g

4.675 g of fat were in both servings.