One gram of fat contains 180% of the calories of a gram of a carbohydrate. How many more calories are there in 8 grams of fat than there are in 8 grams of carbohydrate?
Responses
A0.23
0.23
B1.44
1.44
C14.4
14.4
D23.3
23.3
E1440
To find the difference in calories between 8 grams of fat and 8 grams of carbohydrate, we need to compare the calorie content of each.
1 gram of fat contains 180% of the calories of 1 gram of carbohydrate. So we can say that 1 gram of fat contains 1.8 times the calories of 1 gram of carbohydrate.
Therefore, 8 grams of fat would contain 8 * 1.8 = 14.4 times the calories of 8 grams of carbohydrate.
This means that there are 14.4 more calories in 8 grams of fat than there are in 8 grams of carbohydrate.
Therefore, the correct answer is C) 14.4.