Question

A baked potato provides an average of 31 mg of vitamin C. If 5.0 lb. of potatoes has 15 potatoes, how many milligrams of vitamin C are provided per pound of potatoes?

Answer 1

`93` miligrams

Explanation:

If `5` pounds of potatoes are equal to `15` potatoes, then a pound of potatoes is equal to `15/5=3` potatoes.

So, the total vitamin `C` in a pound of potatoes is equal to:

`(31 \ "mg")/(color(red)cancelcolor(black)"potato")*(3color(red)cancelcolor(black)"potatoes")/("pound")=93 \ "mg/pound"`