A bag of Hershey’s Kisses contains the following information: Serving size: 9 pieces = 41 grams Calories per serving: 230 Total fat per serving: 13 g (a) The bag contains 2.0 lbs of Hershey’s Kisses. How many Kisses are in the bag? (b) The density of a Hershey’s Kiss is 1.4 g/mL. What is the volume of a single Hershey’s Kiss? (c) How many Calories are in one Hershey’s Kiss? (d) Each gram of fat yields 9 Calories when metabolized. What percent of the Calories in Hershey’s Kisses are derived from fat?
The Correct Answer and Explanation is :
Answers:
- Total Hershey’s Kisses in the bag: Approximately 199 pieces.
- Volume of a single Hershey’s Kiss: 3.25 mL.
- Calories in one Hershey’s Kiss: 25.56 Calories.
- Percentage of Calories from fat: 50.87%.
Explanation:
Hershey’s Kisses nutritional information helps us determine several characteristics about the candies.
(a) Finding the number of Kisses in the bag
A serving of 9 Kisses weighs 41 grams, so each Kiss weighs:
[
\frac{41}{9} = 4.56 \text{ grams}
]
The bag weighs 2.0 lbs, which is converted to grams:
[
2.0 \times 453.592 = 907.18 \text{ grams}
]
To find the total number of Kisses:
[
\frac{907.18}{4.56} \approx 199 \text{ Kisses}
]
(b) Finding the volume of a single Hershey’s Kiss
Given the density 1.4 g/mL, we use the density formula:
[
\text{Volume} = \frac{\text{Mass}}{\text{Density}}
]
[
\frac{4.56}{1.4} = 3.25 \text{ mL per Kiss}
]
(c) Calories in one Hershey’s Kiss
A serving of 9 Kisses contains 230 Calories, so:
[
\frac{230}{9} = 25.56 \text{ Calories per Kiss}
]
(d) Percent of Calories from fat
Each serving has 13 g of fat, and each gram of fat provides 9 Calories:
[
13 \times 9 = 117 \text{ Calories from fat}
]
Percentage of total Calories:
[
\left(\frac{117}{230}\right) \times 100 = 50.87\%
]
So, 50.87% of the Calories come from fat.
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