Question

[Please help]~granola bite contains 27 calories. Most of the calories come from c grams of carbohydrates. The rest come from other ingredients. One gram of carbohydrate contains 4 calories. The equation 4c + 5 = 27 represents the relationship between these quantities. What could the 5 represent in this situation?

Answer 1

Answer: calories from other ingredients

Explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to analyze the information given:

4c + 5 = 27

27 = calories contained in a granola bite

Most of the calories come from c grams of carbohydrates. The rest come from other ingredients. One gram of carbohydrate contains 4 calories.

So:

c = grams carbohydrates

4 = calories contained in 1 gram of carbohydrate

Since the sum of the product of the calories contained in 1 gram of carbohydrate (4) and the number of carbohydrates(c ); plus the calories from other ingredients is equal to the calories contained in a granola byte (27);

5 represents the calories from other ingredients

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