A person needs on average of 2.0 ㎎ of riboflavin(vitamin B 2 ) per day. How many grams of butter should be taken by the person per day if it is the only source of riboflavin available? Butter contains 5.5 ㎍ riboflavin per gram.
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The units must propagate through any calculations to be in grams ( of butter [B] ) as the question asks. Convert all given quantities into grams.
2
.
0
m
g
[
B
2
]
=
2
.
0
×
1
0
−
3
g
[
B
2
]
and
1
g
[
B
]
5
.
5
μ
g
[
B
2
]
=
1
g
[
B
]
5
.
5
×
1
0
−
6
g
[
B
2
]
Letting
N
represent how many grams of butter would have to be taken per day to get the required amount of riboflavin in units ( g [B] )
1
g
[
B
]
5
.
5
×
1
0
−
6
g
[
B
2
]
×
N
=
2
.
0
×
1
0
−
3
g
[
B
2
]
N
=
1
g
[
B
]
5
.
5
×
1
0
−
6
g
[
B
2
]
2
.
0
×
1
0
−
3
g
[
B
2
]
=
1
1
×
1
0
3
4
×
1
0
6
g
[
B
]
=
1
1
4
×
1
0
3
g
[
B
]
≈
3
6
3
.
6
4
g
[
B
]
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Notice that the units of the given quantities aren't same, so we'll have to convert them into a same unit, thereafter it's just a game of simple math
It's given that butter contains 5.5 ㎍ riboflavin per gram, therefore
1 g butter contains ( 1 ) ∗ ( 5 . 5 ∗ 1 0 − 6 ) g of riboflavin
2 g butter contains ( 2 ) ∗ ( 5 . 5 ∗ 1 0 − 6 ) g of riboflavin
3 g butter contains ( 3 ) ∗ ( 5 . 5 ∗ 1 0 − 6 ) g of riboflavin
Similarly x g butter will contain ( x ) ∗ ( 5 . 5 ∗ 1 0 − 6 ) g of riboflavin
This x g of butter will be able to meet the person's daily requirement of riboflavin, which is 2.0 mg or 2 . 0 ∗ 1 0 − 3 g
In mathematical terms this can be written as
x ∗ 5 . 5 ∗ 1 0 − 6 g = 2 . 0 ∗ 1 0 − 3 g
x = 5 . 5 × 1 0 − 6 2 . 0 × 1 0 − 3 = 1 1 4 0 0 0 = 3 6 3 . 6 3 g
Always keep these conversions in mind
1 m g = 1 ∗ 1 0 − 3 g and 1 μ g = 1 ∗ 1 0 − 6 g