This year, like many past years, you begin to feel very

Chapter 1, Problem 86

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This year, like many past years, you begin to feel very sleepy after eating a large helping of Thanksgiving turkey. Some people attribute this sleepiness to presence of the amino acid tryptophan in turkey. Tryptophan can be used by the body to produce serotonin, which can calm the brains activity and help to bring on sleep. a. What mass in grams of tryptophan is in a 0.25-lb serving of turkey (assume tryptophan accounts for 1.0% of the turkey mass)? b. What mass in grams of tryptophan is in 0.25 quart of milk (assume tryptophan accounts for 2.0% of milk by mass and that the density of milk is 1.04 kg/L)?

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