100g of a food product was found to contain 6.0g of nitrogen. If protein contains 16% nitrogen, what percentage of food is protein?

19%

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38%

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1.9%

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9.5%

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Solution

The correct option is C 38%
The percentage of food that is protein is $\frac{\frac{100}{16} \times 6.0}{100} \times 100 = 38$ %.

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