After burning a piece of food, a student collected 12.7 mL of water and the mass of the burned food was 0.246 g. What is the experimental kcal/g of the food?  [The heat of fusion of ice is 80.0 cal/g and the density of water is 1.00 g/mL.] Group of answer choices 4.13 x 103 kcal/g 4.13 kcal/g 1.02 kcal/g 1.02 x 103 kcal/g 0.249 kcal/g

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After burning a piece of food, a student collected 12.7 mL of water and the mass of the burned food was 0.246 g. What is the experimental kcal/g of the food?  [The heat of fusion of ice is 80.0 cal/g and the density of water is 1.00 g/mL.]

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4.13 x 103 kcal/g

4.13 kcal/g
1.02 kcal/g

1.02 x 103 kcal/g

0.249 kcal/g
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