Question

3. A bottle of vitamin C contains 100 tablets and weighs 80 g. If the

bottle alone weighs 23 g. (a) What is the mass of one tablet? (b) What is
the mass of 36 tablets? (c) What is the weight of 50 tablets?

Answer 1

a

0.57g

b

20.52

c

28.5

Step-by-step explanation:

a

The bottle weighs 80g with tablets

If the bottle alone weighs 23g, the tablets weigh 57g

100 tablets weigh 57g, 1 tablet weighs 0.57g

b

0.57g is one tablet, so to achieve 36 tablets we must multiply by 36

0.57 multiplied by 36 is 20.52

c

To find 50 tablets we can use the same method we used before or a slightly faster method

100 tablets is 57g, so all we have to do is halve to find 50

57 divided by 2 is 28.5