Question

A tablet of cold medicine weighs.700g. It contains .500g of active ingredient. What percent of the tablet is the active ingredient

Answer 1

71%

Step-by-step explanation:

Total weight = 700g

Active weight = 500g

% of active ingredient =
`(active weight)/(total weight) *100`

`(500)/(700)* 100` = 0.71 * 100 = 71%