A reduced fat cookie contains 12g of fat per serving. In order for food to be termed reduced fat it must have at least 20% less fat than the regular item. What can you conclude about how much fat is in a serving of the regular cookie?
12g/(0.8) = 15 grams of fat in a regular cookie.
(The 0.8 comes from taking 100% - 20%)
Well, looks like the regular cookie is in for a fat attack! If the reduced fat cookie has 12g of fat per serving and it is considered reduced fat, it means that the regular cookie must have even more fat. To be precise, it would have to be at least 20% higher in fat content than the reduced fat version. So, if we do some cookie math (which is the best kind of math), the regular cookie would have around 15g of fat or more per serving. Remember, though, don't be too hard on the regular cookie. It's just trying to live up to its "full-fat" potential!
To determine the amount of fat in a serving of the regular cookie, we need to calculate 20% of the fat content in the reduced-fat cookie.
First, we divide the fat content of the reduced-fat cookie (12g) by 0.20 (20%) to find the difference between the reduced-fat and regular cookie:
12g / 0.20 = 60g
This means that the regular cookie must have at least 60g of fat per serving.
However, it's important to note that the regular cookie could have more than 60g of fat per serving and still be categorized as reduced fat, as long as it has at least 20% more fat than the reduced-fat version.
To determine how much fat is in a serving of the regular cookie, we need to find out what 20% less fat than the regular item would be.
First, let's calculate 20% of the fat content in the reduced-fat cookie:
20% of 12g = (20/100) * 12g = 0.2 * 12g = 2.4g
Since a reduced-fat cookie must have at least 20% less fat than the regular item, we can conclude that the regular cookie would have 2.4g more fat than the reduced-fat cookie.
Now, to find the fat content in the regular cookie, we add the 2.4g to the reduced-fat cookie's fat content:
12g + 2.4g = 14.4g
Therefore, we can conclude that a serving of the regular cookie would contain approximately 14.4g of fat.