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Example: Solving for the Percent of Calories from Fat in Muffins

Apply the seven-step problem-solving strategy to a percent application where the percent is unknown. Problem: Veronica is planning to make muffins from a mix. The package says each muffin will be $240$ calories and $60$ calories will be from fat. What percent of the total calories is from fat? 1. Identify what to find: What percent of the total calories is fat? 2. Name the unknown: Let $p$ = percent of fat. 3. Translate into a percent sentence and equation: "What percent of $240$ is $60$ ?" becomes $p \times 240 = 60$ . 4. Solve by dividing both sides by $240$ : $p = \frac{60}{240}$ , so $p = 0.25$ . 5. Convert to percent form: $p = 25\%$ . 6. Check if this makes sense: Yes, $25\%$ is one-fourth, and $60$ is one-fourth of $240$ , so $25\%$ makes sense. 7. Answer: Of the total calories in each muffin, $25\%$ is fat.

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