Question

Veronica is planning to make muffins from a mix. The package says each muffin will be$230$calories and $60$calories will be from fat. What percent of the total calories is from fat?

Short answer

If the total amount of calories in a muffin is $230$calories and the amount of calories from fat is $60$calories then $26$% of the total calories is from fat

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Given information 

The total amount of calories in a muffin is $230$calories

amount of calories from fat is localid="1647111888710" $60$calories.

Step 2. Percent of calories from fat

Consider Percent of calories from fat is P

Percent of fat of $230$calories is $60$calories

$$\begin{gathered} P\times 230=60 \\ P=\frac{60}{230} \\ P=0.26 \\ P=26\% \end{gathered}$$

So$26$% of the total calories are from fat.

Step 3. Verification

$60$calories are $26$% of

role="math" localid="1647112953744" $$\begin{gathered} 60=0.26\times a \\ \frac{60}{0.26}=a \\ 230\approx a \end{gathered}$$

$60$calories are $26$% of $230$calories

so, role="math" localid="1647113012445" $26$% of the total calories is from fat is correct.