A student prepared a series of starch standards using the iodine method and measured the absorbance at 590 nm. She obtained thefollowing data.Calibration DataStarch (ng)Absorbance0.000400.078800.1801200.3221600.3762000.511A starch sample, treated in the same fashion, had an absorbance of 0.378. How many nanograms of starch are present in her sample?Enter your answer as an integer (NO decimal places or decimal point) with no units of measure.Answer:

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A student prepared a series of starch standards using the iodine method and measured the absorbance at 590 nm. She obtained the
following data.
Calibration Data
Starch (ng)
Absorbance
0.000
40
0.078
80
0.180
120
0.322
160
0.376
200
0.511
A starch sample, treated in the same fashion, had an absorbance of 0.378. How many nanograms of starch are present in her sample?
Enter your answer as an integer (NO decimal places or decimal point) with no units of measure.
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