Biology · Foundation

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A balanced mealRunning
Digestive tract. Vegetable energy at 96 kJ. Tray energy 1576 kJ, Meal target 2100 kJ. Currently tray energy is short by 524 kJ.TUNINGTRAY ENERGYMEAL TARGET96 KJ
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Tray energy

1576kJ

Meal target

2100kJ

96 kJ

Digestive tract. Vegetable energy at 96 kJ. Tray energy 1576 kJ, Meal target 2100 kJ. Currently tray energy is short by 524 kJ.

What has to balance∑E=Etotal\sum E = E_{\text{total}}

What is happening

You arrive at a school kitchen planning a midday meal to a set energy figure.

The meal is short of what it has to provide. Rice and dal on the tray come to 1 480 kJ, the meal has to reach 2 100 kJ, and the vegetable portion has not been decided.