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typically, over 60% of the mass of a piece of bubble gum is made up of sugar. sugar is dissolved in the mouth and swallowed during chewing. if gum is chewed precisely until it loses its flavor, most if not all of the sugar content of the gum should be gone. how would this affect the mass of the gum? how will the mass of gum be affected by chewing time? how does the chewing time necessary to lose significant mass compare between different brands/types of gum? how large a role does saliva play in the processing of gum in the mouth?

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Hello your question is incomplete attached below is the complete question

A) How the mass will be affected by chewing time

The chewing time is an independent variable while the mass of the gum is a dependent variable and would change with increase in chewing time as seen in the regular gum the average mass increase above the average sugar mass before chewing

B) how the chewing time necessary to lose significant mass

The chewing time is neccessary to lose significant mass as seen in the sugar free chewing gum because the more time the gum is chewed the lesser the mass due to the absence/lose of sugar

C) The role saliva play in the processing of gum in the mouth

The saliva mixes up with the sugar contained in the chewing gum to increase its mass as seen when you compare the mean mass value of sugar contained in the regular chewing gum with the mean mass value of the gum after chewing for some time i.e 3.58 < 5.03 , 4.09

Step-by-step explanation:

we will make two assumptions in order to resolve the given problem

next we have to calculate the mean(average) mass of the Chewing gums for each time interval

Regular gum :

initial mean mass = 5.96

mean mass after 1 minute = 5.03

mean mass after 2 minutes = 4.09

next we calculate the mean mass of sugar in the regular gum using this relationship :summation of( initial masses * 60/100 )/ 4 = 3.58 comparing it the the mass of the chewing gum at different time intervals i.e 1 minute and 2 minutes

sugar free gum :

initial mean mass = 2.98

mean mass after 1 minute = 2.59

mean mass after 2 minutes = 2.32

A) How the mass will be affected by chewing time

The chewing time is an independent variable while the mass of the gum is a dependent variable and would change with increase in chewing time as seen in the regular gum the average mass increase above the average sugar mass before chewing

B) how the chewing time necessary to lose significant mass

The chewing time is neccessary to lose significant mass as seen in the sugar free chewing gum because the more time the gum is chewed the lesser the mass due to the absence/lose of sugar

C) The role saliva play in the processing of gum in the mouth

The saliva mixes up with the sugar contained in the chewing gum to increase its mass as seen when you compare the mean mass value of sugar contained in the regular chewing gum with the mean mass value of the gum after chewing for some time i.e 3.58 < 5.03 , 4.09

typically, over 60% of the mass of a piece of bubble gum is made up of sugar. sugar-example-1
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