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One baked potato provides an average of 30 mg of vitamin C. If 70 potatoes weigh 20 lb., how many milligrams of vitamin C are provided per pound of potatoes?

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Answer:

105 mg

Explanation:

Given that:

1 baked potato provides 30 mg of vitamin C.

So,

70 baked potatoes provide [tex]30\times 70[/tex] mg of vitamin C

Also,

70 potatoes = 20 lb

So,

20 lb potatoes provide [tex]30\times 70[/tex] mg of vitamin C

Thus,

1 lb potatoes provide [tex]\frac {30\times 70}{20}[/tex] mg of vitamin C

Thus, 105 mg of Vitamin C are provided per pound of the potatoes.

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