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A brand of cereal had 1.21.21, point, 2 milligrams (\text{mg})(mg)left parenthesis, start text, m, g, end text, right parenthesis of iron per serving. Then they changed their recipe so they had 1.8\,\text{mg}1.8mg1, point, 8, start text, m, g, end text of iron per serving

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Answer:50

Explanation:

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Answer:


50\%

Explanation:

Previous Iron content per serving=1.2 mg

Current Iron content per serving=1.8 mg

Increase in Iron content per serving=1.8-1.2=0.6 mg

Percentage of Iron Increase


=\frac{\text{Increase in Iron Content}}{\text{Previous Iron Content}} X 100\\=(0.6)/(1.2)X100 \\=50\%

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