A bag of mayonnaise has 14 grams. It has 11 grams of fat- what percent of fat does it have to the nearest tenth?

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A bag of mayonnaise has 14 grams. It has 11 grams of fat- what percent of fat does it have to the nearest tenth?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-22T16:20:17

$0.8 %$ $0.8 %$ to 1 decimal place

Explanation:

Nearest tenth is the first decimal place.

as a fraction the fat content is $\frac{11}{14}$ $11/14$

Let the unknown value be $x$ $x$ then we have

$\frac{11}{14} = \frac{x}{100}$ $11/14=x/100$

Multiply both sides by 100

$x=11/14xx100 = 0.785714.....$

The column for tenths is the one with 7 in it. The next column to the right has 8 in it. As 8 satisfies the criterion of 5 or greater we round the 7 up by 1 giving:

$0.8 %$ to 1 decimal place

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