A reduced fat cookie contains 7g of fat per serving. In order for food to be termed 'reduce 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?
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To determine how much fat is in a serving of the regular cookie, we need to calculate the minimum amount of fat that the reduced-fat cookie must have in order to be considered 20% less fat than the regular cookie.
We know that the reduced fat cookie contains 7g of fat per serving. Since the reduced-fat cookie is considered to have 20% less fat than the regular cookie, we can set up the following equation:
(100% - 20%) * Fat in regular cookie = Fat in reduced-fat cookie
Simplifying this equation, we have:
80% * Fat in regular cookie = 7g
To find the amount of fat in the regular cookie, we divide both sides of the equation by 80% (or 0.8):
Fat in regular cookie = 7g / 0.8
Calculating this, we find:
Fat in regular cookie = 8.75g
Therefore, we can conclude that the regular cookie contains approximately 8.75 grams of fat per serving.