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The Maryland Heart Center gives the following steps to calculate the number of fat grams needed daily by a moderately active woman. Write the steps as one formula relating the number of fat grams F to a woman’s weight w, in pounds. [2.3]
Calculate the total number of calories per day. ________
Take the total number of calories and multiply by 30 percent. _______calories per day
calories from fat per day.
Take the number of calories from fat per day and divide by 9 (there are 9 calories per gram of fat). ______calories from fat per day divided by
fat grams per day
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