Nutrition A psychologist studying the effects of nutrition on the behaviour of laboratory rats is feeding one group a combination of three foods: I, II, and III. Each of these foods contains three additives (A, B, and C) that are being used in the study. Each additive is a certain percentage of each of the foods as follows:
If the diet requires 53 g per day of A, 4.5 g per day of B, and 8.6 g per day of C, find the number of grams per day of each food that must be used.
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