8a. (5 pts.) When you get back home, after getting sick in Mexico, you start thinking about your diet. You know it needs improvement and think that, perhaps, your poor diet contributed to your getting sick. One thing you think about is your protein intake. You think you might be deficient. (123lbs)

(using your same weight from above and the recommendation of 0.70 g/kg of protein every day)

What is your recommended daily protein intake in g/day?

8b. (12 pts.) Now that you know how much protein you should be getting, your next concern is value. Fill in the last column of the table; round to 3 decimal places. Show calculations.

You'd like to get "the biggest bang for your buck" by choosing foods with the smallest "Price per gram of protein." The following table shows the price of four items. Also included are the "Servings per item" and the "Protein per serving" for each product.

Food Item Price per item Servings per item Protein (g) per serving Price per gram of protein (3 decimal places)

Bush Pinto Beans $0.92 3.3 7g

Jif Peanut Butter $3.98 25 7g

Bumblebee

Canned Chicken $2.38 4 13g

Cheerios Cereal $3.98 21 3g

8c.(2 pts.) Which item is the best purchase in terms of price per gram of protein?