Question

For the food described, find what percent of total calories is from fat if necessary round to the nearest tenth of a percent

Answer 1

Given:

Total calories = 180

Calories from fat = 45

The percent of total calories from fat is given as:

$\begin{gathered} =\frac{45}{180}\times100 \\ =\frac{5}{2}\times10 \\ =5\times5 \\ =25 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the percent of calories from fat is 25%