Question

The typical Western diet is energy dense: a lot of kilocalories compressed in a small volume or weight. Most people know that eating low-density food is the best way to control the caloric intake and maintain weight. Dark, leafy greens are great, but what if you really like potatoes?

When watching kilocalories, every little bit helps, and you don't have to give up your favorite foods. Let's look at the aforementioned potatoes and choose between potato soup and potato salad by comparing their energy densities
First try to guess which food is less energy dense and then do the calculations and find out the real numbers. Use MyDietAnalysis to find the energy content of potato soup and salad. For this activity, use 1 individual cup of potato soup with bacon (Schlotzsky's) and 1 side of potato salad (Schlotzsky's). Alternatively, you can look up the energy content of these foods in Hint A3 Round the answer to the first decimal place, and insert a decimal digit or a ones digit if necessary (for example 1.0 for 1 or 0.9 for .9). Give two numbers, the first for the soup and the second for the salad, separated by a comma.

Answer 1

[1.3 kcal/g, 1.7 kcal/g]

I would assume that potato salad is less energy-dense. After doing the research, I found that 1 individual cup of Schlotzsky's potato soup with bacon has 293.33 kcal in 226.8 g, while 1 side of Schlotzsky's potato salad has 241.0 kcal in 141.75 g. Doing the calculations, this means that potato soup has 1.3 kcal per gram, and potato salad has 1.7 kcal per gram. This means that potato soup is actually less energy-dense than potato salad.

Step-by-step explanation:

To do the calculation, I simply took the two numbers (kilocalories and grams) and divided the first by the second.

(potato soup) 293.33 / 226.8 = 1.29

I round the answer to the first decimal place and get "1.30".

I repeat the process with the other two numbers.

(potato salad) 241.0 / 141.75 = 1.70

Rounding the answer to the first decimal place, I get "1.7".