40% of the calories in a bag of chips come from fat. If 100 calories come from fat, how many calories does the whole bag of chips contain?

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asked Jul 20, 2021 148k views

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Jenniffer · Answer 1 · 2021-07-26T03:27:33+0000

Answer:

250

Explanation:

Let x be the total amount of calories the bag bag of chirps contains.

From the question it can be deduced that, 40% of the calories that come from fat is 100.

This implies

(40)/(100) * x = 100

Multiply through by 100.

$\implies (40x)/(100) * 100 = 100 * 100$

$\implies40x = 10000$

Divide through by 40.

$\implies (40x)/(40) = (10000)/(40)$

$\implies x = 250$

Thus, the whole bag of chips contains 250 calories