Question

Byron eats 7.2ounces of dark turkey meat. The meat is about 9.8% fat. How much fat did Byron consume?

Answer 1

Hint: Here in this question we have been given that Byron eats 7.2ounces of dark turkey meat. The meat is about 9.8% fat. We have been asked to calculate the amount of fat Byron consumes.

Complete step-by-step solution:
Now considering from the question we have been given that Byron eats 7.2ounces of dark turkey meat. From the given information in the question we know that the meat is about 9.8% fat. We have been asked to calculate the amount of fat Byron consumes.
For answering this question we will multiply the amount of meat Byron eats with the amount of fat percent in the meat. Since the fat percent in the meat is given per hundred we need to get it for the particular given amount.
After doing this we will have
 $\begin{align}
  & \Rightarrow 7.2\times 9.8\%=70.56\times 0.01 \\
 & \Rightarrow 0.7056\approx 0.71 \\
\end{align}$ .
Since a percent means per hundred which can be mathematically expressed as $\dfrac{1}{100}=0.01$ . Hence we have multiplied with 0.01.
Therefore we can conclude that when Byron eats 7.2ounces of dark turkey meat and the meat is about 9.8% fat, he consumes about $0.71$ ounces of fat.

Note: While answering questions of this type we should be sure with our calculations that we are performing in between the process. This is a very simple and easy question and can be answered in a short span of time. Very few mistakes are possible in questions of this type. Someone can perform a mistake and take the calculation as $7.2\times 9.8=70.56$ ounces of fat but remember that he does not consume that much ounces of fat but he consumes that much percent of ounces of fat which is a clear mistake.