A bacon cheeseburger at a popular fast food restaurant contains 2070 milligrams (mg) of sodium, which is 86% of the recommended daily amount. What is the total recommended daily amount of sodium?

Short Answer

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The total recommended daily amount of sodium is 2406.98 mg.

Step by step solution

01

Step. 1 Given information 

A bacon cheeseburger contains 2070 milligrams (mg) of sodium, which is 86% of the recommended daily amount.

02

Step. 2 Calculation 

Let daily requirement of sodium is y mg.

According to the given information y×86100=2070

Multiply both side by 100 and divide by 86.

y=2070×10086=20700086=2406.9767

Thus total recommended daily amount of sodium is 2406.97672406.98 mg.

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