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The food labels given below give information about 2 types of soup: cream of tomato and sweet corn. Use these labels to answer the given questions. (All the servings are based on a 2000 calorie diet.)







Find the increase per cent of sugar consumed if cream of tomato soup is chosen over sweet corn soup.


Given, sugar in sweet corn soup = 5g and sugar in tomato


soup = 11g


We need to find out the increase percentage


Now, we know increase = newnumber-originalnumber


If cream of tomato soup is choosen over sweet corn soup,


the increase in sugar consumed = 11g – 5g = 6g


Now, we know increase% =


increase % =


=


= 120%


Hence, the increase percentage is 120


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