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Take saccharin to be 550 times sweeter than sucrose on a mass-for-mass basis. How many milligrams of saccharin give the same sweetness as 5.0 g of sucrose? Give the answer to two decimal places.

Numerical answer type, answer in mg, tolerance 0.01.

Answer: 9.09 mg

Mass of sweetener = mass of sucrose / sweetness factor. Mass = 5.0 g / 550 = 5000 mg / 550 = 9.09 mg. The answer is 9.09 mg.

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