Question

3. Mashed potatoes have 7 g of fat per serving. There are 9 calories per gram of fat. How many calories are therefrom fat in the serving of mashed potatoes?

Answer 1

There are 63 calories from fat in the serving of mashed potatoes

Explanation:

This question can be solved using a rule of three. In one gram of fat, there are 9 calories. There are 7 grams of fat. So, how many calories will be there?

1g of fat - 9 calories

7g of fat - x calories

x = 9*7 = 63

There are 63 calories from fat in the serving of mashed potatoes