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Within hours of the destruction of the United States Battle Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese forces began their assault on the Philippine islands. 5 months later on the month of April 1942, the Fil-American fortress in th e Bataan Peninsula fell, and with it the majority of the combined Fil-American forces were captured and incarcerated by the Japanese Imperial army. Two and a half years after the fall of Bataan Allied forces began the reconquest of the Philippines with major landings on Leyte.Four months prior to the Leyte landings – at the Battle of the Philippine Sea – the Japanese Imperial Navy made a desperate attempt to defeat the US fleet with carrier-borne aircraft. Needless to say, the Japanese army was dealt a major blow when they lost nearly 200 of their aircrafts in one afternoon and lost nearly 500 carriers and land-based aircrafts in two days. 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One of these faction, was composed of the Navy, led by Admirals Nimitz and King, wanted to take Formosa by using the â€Å"island-hopping strategy†.They believe that in order to neutralize the Japanese Army garrison by air blockade, they must secure the island of Formosa, this island is located strategically along the seaways from the Dutch East Indies to Japan, and as s uch would serve as the perfect base for the â€Å"economic strangulation† of Japan. The said Island would also be ideal to serve as base for the impending final attack on Japanese Territory. On the opposing side was General Douglas MacArthur, Commander of the South-west Pacific Forces. Surprisingly, He believed that military reasons alone should not control the pace of the action.It is of common knowledge that his stand was also based on political considerations. He wanted to regain control of the Philippines because of the following reasons: The first reason being given was that he wanted to fulfill his promise to the Filipino people that â€Å"he shall return† to liberate them from the cruelty of the Japanese. The second reason being given is because of his conviction that leaving the Philippines in Japanese hands would be an â€Å"irreversible loss† of American prestige in Asiatic eyes. In his plea to President Roosevelt, he reiterated that the U.S could not afford to ignore the political implications of its military planning. A return to the Philippines involved a compelling political dimension that did not apply to Formosa. The Philippine Islands had been a colony of the United States since 1898, and the inherent politico-military responsibilities arising from that relationship could not be taken lightly. It was on those grounds that General MacArthur and others insisted that the United States had a moral obligation to liberate the Republic from the cruelty of the Japanese as soon as possible. The faction led by General MacArthur eventually won out.The decision as to what course of action would be prioritized was made by President Roosevelt himself. He was convinced by General MacArthur that it is America’s moral obligation to liberate the Republic's 16 million citizens from harsh Japanese occupation as soon as possible (it is also probable that he did this because of political reasons). As a result, by the summer of 1944, the American forces succeeded in fighting their way across the Pacific on two lines of attack to reach a point 300 miles southeast of Mindanao, the southernmost island in the Philippines.In the Central Pacific, forces under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commanding the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean areas, had island-hopped through the Gilberts, the Marshalls, and the Carolines. More than 1,000 miles to the south, Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur, commanding the Southwest Pacific area, had blocked the Japanese thrust toward Australia, and then recaptured the Solomons and New Guinea and many of its outlying islands, isolating the huge Japanese base at Rabaul. The American invasion was concentrated mainly on Leyte Gulf, in the central Philippines.Earlier plans had called for an invasion of the southern island of Mindanao as the next stepping stone in the successful â€Å"island-hopping† campaign employed to date by the two fleets in the Pacific – the Third Fleet un der Admiral Nimitz, and the Seventh Fleet under General MacArthur. But, with the apparent collapse of the Japanese fleet and air power, the plan to invade the central Philippines was advanced two months from December to October of 1944. The Seventh Fleet, under MacArthur would conduct the actual invasion.It must be noted that there was no overall naval commander during the Leyte campaign, which almost inevitably led to great confusion in the forthcoming battle, and in the event nearly led to a strategic disaster for the Allies. Fortunately for them, it was destined that the allied forces triumph over their adversaries. The War between the United States and Japan was constantly shifting in momentum. It was noted that during the latter part of 1944, it was becoming apparent to Japan that highly desperate measures had to be imposed if they are to stem the massive onslaught of the U.S Forces. The strength of Japan's archenemy in the Pacific has been growing at a steadily alarming rate, different by far from the forces it had decisively routed during the treacherous bombing of Pearl Harbor and its successful conquest of the Philippine Islands. It is becoming frequent that nearly every time the Japanese Navy came to blows with the United States Navy in a fleet action, the Japanese Navy took a terrible beating. Most of the Japanese navy had been based at Brunei on the island of Borneo, close to its oil supply.Unfortunately for them the remnant of the fuel was all but exhausted, leaving them only unrefined oil, which could barely be utilized in their warship boilers. To make matters worse the Air Force of the Imperial Japanese Navy was all but obliterated, too. After the Battle of the Philippine Sea (a. k. a â€Å"The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot† by American pilots because of the apparent target shooting practice which ensued. The target being Japanese aircraft) Japan lost the majority of her Air force and had only as a remainder, a handful of planes, and even fewer pilots to fly them.Because of this, her carriers were largely useless for any practical duty. Except, perhaps, to serve as decoys to lure away the American forces in minor and major engagements. The Japanese Army knew in their hearts that if they lose or relinquish their hold on the Philippine islands there is a very huge possibility that they may also lose the war. This instinctive assessment of what might take place if they lose their foothold on the Philippines spurred them to conduct some desperate counter measures against their enemy.They therefore drew up a plan which risked their remaining surface forces, but offered them a slim chance of destroying the American invasion fleet and isolating the Allied ground forces on Leyte. Like many previous Japanese operational plans it depended on the use of a decoy force. The Japanese was ready to play its cards to the hilt with the full realization that the ensuing result could either be victory, or the destruction or incapacitati on of the Japanese Navy. Nothing was held back, as there was everything to gain and substantially nothing to lose (since they are losing anyway) .The Japanese knew that If this mission failed, the war would be lost. The plan that was conceptualized was nothing short of brilliant if things turned out as they have calculated. Unfortunately for their cause, an accident saved the day for the U. S forces. The plan was that Admiral Ozawa was to sail in from the North East with his â€Å"bait† of four aircraft carriers, and the two hybrid battleship-carriers Ise and Hyuga featuring four battleship turrets forward, and small flight decks aft. But, for this mission, they would carry no aircraft at all, as none were available.Even the large fleet carriers were not carrying a full complement of planes. At this stage of the war, the Japanese have already lost most of their trained pilots which forced them to depend on untrained aircrew to fill up the gaps. The said units were therefore s elected along with a dozen ships to play the role of decoy. The decoys were assigned to draw the main American force, with the intent of having two powerful battleships penetrate and then stealthily attack the American invasion forces in the Leyte Gulf.The southern and weaker of these battleship forces, commanded by Rear Admiral Nishimura, would penetrate through Surigao Strait just south of Leyte. The more powerful of the two battleship forces, the Central Force under the command of Vice Admiral Kurita, containing five battleships including the giant Yamato and Musashi ( the largest warships in the world ), 10 heavy and 2 light cruisers, and 15 destroyers, would penetrate through San Bernadino Strait, sail down the coast of Samar, and fall on the American invasion fleet from the north-east.The forces which were supposed to counter the Japanese naval maneuvers were led by Admiral William Halsey. Admiral Halsey was a war veteran who hated the Japanese with an intensity almost akin to loathing. According to some of his subordinates Halsey was nothing sort of the extraordinary, and is definitely not known to be an intellectual. His leadership was often successful because he had the talent to choose good staff, who apparently analyzes and decides things that needs to be done, which was done quite often. It was noted that he seldom overruled their suggestions.It was also noted that while he always acts like a true professional and exacts professional performance from all subordinates, he had this charismatic effect on them which was like being touched by a magic wand. Anyone so touched was determined to excel. † This characteristic along with his inherent loathing of the Japanese forces made him a very controversial figure on this armed struggle. 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S forces. His strategy was to focus his three available carrier groups, with all their accompanying vessels in destroying Admiral Ozawa’s ships. In his eagerness and haste to act on this supposed war strategy, Halsey took no steps to protect Seventh Fleet from the Centre Force. The third Fleet left San Bernadino Strait entirely unguarded. This was a major blunder which could have caused them to lose the battle.It was even said that â€Å"not so much as a picket destroyer was left†. It appears that he also did not take the necessary precautions to safeguard their forces if by chance a blunder was commited. This was evidenced by the fact that he neglected to even inform Kinkaid that the Strait was Not now being covered by the Third Fleet – instead the Seventh Fleet commander had to rely on an intercepted signal from Halsey to his task group commanders, which indicated that the Third Fleet commander was going north with the three carrier groups to strike the enemy’s Northern Forces.It was very fortunate indeed that the Seventh Fleet had intercepted an earlier radio signal from Halsey which outlined a plan to form Task Force 34 – a very powerful surface force built aroun d the Third Fleet's fast battleships, this was commanded by Vice Admiral Willis Lee. If this accident did not occur, the casualties on the American side would have been astronomical. When Halsey's 2022 message was received, Kinkaid and his staff, assumed that the â€Å"three groups† referred to were the carrier groups of Third Fleet, and that Task Force 34 had been left behind to guard San Bernadino Strait.The funny thing was that Task Force 34 had not yet been formed, and all the ships which it was expected to contain were heading northwards with the American carriers. Meanwhile the Seventh Fleet, unconcerned about any threat from its northern quarter, and feeling fully confident that the Centre Force would be dealt with by Halsey and the Third Fleet, continued with its preparations to meet the Japanese Southern Force in Surigao Strait.It was historically recounted that Admiral Ozawa steamed down from the north, presenting what was hoped to be the irresistible targets of Jap anese flat tops (including the Zuikaku – the last remaining veteran of the Pearl Harbor raid. ) Meanwhile, the surface units of the Japanese Navy would sneak in from the west under the command of Admiral Kurita, and attempt to spring a deadly trap on the Seventh Fleet.A small force consisting of the battleships Fuso and Yamashiro and supported by the heavy cruiser Mogami and four destroyers would sneak through the Surigao Strait, preceded by three more cruisers and four destroyers sailing in from Japanese home waters. But the main force of the attack was to come from another direction. The said units sailed from Brunei, all in all it was a substantial force composed of five battleships (including the aforementioned Yamato and Musashi) twelve cruisers and fifteen destroyers.It was supposed to sneak through San Bernardino Strait, loop around the island of Samar, and smash the Americans through it’s blind spot. The actual conflict as envisioned by the Japanese would have â€Å"the hammer and anvil† attack which would â€Å"sandwich† the American forces with attacks from both the Northern and Southern directions, the Seventh Fleet would have nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide. The impending approach of the Japanese surface vessels was revealed subsequently when the American forces sank two enemy cruisers.The next day, Seventh Fleet units attempted to block the southern approaches to Leyte while Third Fleet aircraft began attacking the main surface task force. The Aircraft units saw the four enemy units which acted as decoys. Admiral Halsey took his Third Fleet carriers and battleships in hot pursuit of the decoys, which made it possible for the two Japanese surface task forces, to move towards the Leyte Gulf without being harassed by any Air force unit. As expected by the Japanese, the Seventh Fleet battleships sank or turned back units of the smaller Japanese attack force which acted as decoys.Unbeknownst to them, the second and large r task force, which included the super battleships Yamato and Musashi, successfully moved through the San Bernardino Strait, then south along the east coast of Samar Island, northeast of Leyte, to within range of the soft support shipping which was being handled by General MacArthur. This sudden attack by the Japanese forces was due to Admiral Halsey’s plan to dispose of the Japanese carriers, which he sees as the principal threat to the Leyte campaign.. His dash north, to get to Admiral Ozawa's carrier fleet, left the critical passage of San Bernadino uncovered.the battle unfortunately did not go as Halsey had planned. Althouugh his fleet sank the four carriers of Ozawa (which were decoys), it missed the two battleships, and a major part of the escort units. Admiral Kurita's Center Force has managed to slip by, and attacked Kinkaid's forces which were covering escort carrier force â€Å"Taffy 3†. If Kincaid did not accidentally intercept and misinterpreted Admiral Hal sey’s command by escorting General MacArthur’s carrier, things would have gone ill for the Philippine conquest and the American cause as a whole.To give credit to Admiral Halsey, he managed to turn his forces around to the aid of Admiral Kinkaid’s forces, Halsey has sunk four carriers, a super battleship, and several smaller ships. He had lost the Light Carrier Princeton, and jeopardized the invasion beaches. Halsey was responsible for destroying the Japanese fleet, which included carriers but was not restricted to them. Halsey failed to see which force was more dangerous, and paid the price. The casualties suffered by the American forces because of this blunder amounted to 898 dead soldiers and 913 wounded. In addition to the human casualties the U.S Navy lost six warships. The Japanese lost an estimated 80,000 combat ready troops in their failed defense of Leyte. Their losses at Leyte were heavy, with the army losing four divisions and several separate combat units, while the navy lost 26 major warships and 46 large transports and merchantmen in the campaign. On the morning of 25 October, after two and one half hours of desperate fighting by light U. S. Navy escorts, the Japanese battle fleet mysteriously broke off the engagement and withdrew from the gulf, thereby leaving unexploited the opportunity presented by the Third Fleet's departure.To the north, the Third Fleet caught up with the Japanese carriers and sank all four of them. These encounters, later known as the Battle of Leyte Gulf, represented the largest naval battle in the Pacific. Americans and Japanese came away from the battle of Leyte Gulf with extremely divergent views of what had occurred. These different assessments provoked planning revisions which completely changed the character and duration of the battle for Leyte. The Americans believed they had dealt the IJN a severe blow; events later proved them correct.But in the immediate aftermath of the sea battle, Japanese commanders believed they had ruined the American carrier force. In fact, they had sunk only one light and two escort carriers and three destroyers. Nevertheless, convinced that they had won a major naval victory and bolstered by reports of air victories in the ten days before A-day, Southern Army resolved to fight the decisive battle on Leyte. III. Conclusion The Battle of Leyte Gulf was instrumental in the American conquest of the Philippine Islands. If the U.S forces proceeded to immediately invade the island of Luzon, the casualties might have been heavier considering that the Japanese forces in that region was estimated to number 250,000 troops. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was indeed a decisive battle considering that it was instrumental for the destruction of the once powerful Japanese Imperial Navy. As a result of devastating blow dealth to the Japanese Navy, it never ventured out again in force to challenge the superior and overwhelmingly powerful American Navy.This battle also introduced the terrifying method used by the Japanese pilots to the western mind, the kamikaze tactic, which undoubtedly revolutionized the concept of patriotism and sacrifice among soldiers. As a whole, the Japanese decision to stake everything on the battle for Leyte only hastened their final collapse as they lacked the ability to coordinate the mass of air, ground and naval forces that they committed to the struggle, which led to the emergence of the U. S as a power to reckon with up to the present times.IV. Bibliography Morrison, S. (1962). The Battle for Leyte Gulf http://www. angelfire. com/fm/odyssey/LEYTE_GULF_Summary_of_the_Battle_. htm James, D. Admiral Halsey's Decision http://www. odyssey. dircon. co. uk/Halsey_decision. htm Donovan, R. The Wartime Adventures of President John F. Kennedy http://www. odyssey. dircon. co. uk/Halsey. htm Lanzendorfer, T. Glorious Death: The Battle of Leyte Gulf http://www. microworks. net/pacific/battles/leyte_gulf. htm â€Å"Turkey Trots to Water† â€Å"http://www. battleship.org/html/Articles/History/Leyte0. htm The Beginning : The Battle of Leyte Gulf http://www. battle-of-leyte-gulf. com/blg_synopsis/blg_synopsis. shtml Morison, Samuel E. , History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Leyte, Volume XII (1984), Little, Brown and Company, Boston Potter, E. B. , Bull Halsey (1985), Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland Cox, J. , The Battle of Leyte Gulf Casualty list, Copyright Robert Jon Cox 1996-2001 http://www. bosamar. com/usforces/casualty. html

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In Speakers In the late offs, any loudspeaker was considered as exotic. Extremely rare and valuable. Today, most of us take the wonder of reproduction of sound as a matter of course. Before the invention of speakers, music industries as we know them today did not exist. Furthermore, one could say that the music industry did not exist at all. It was Ernst Werner von Siemens, also known as Werner von Siemens (December 13, 1 816 December 8, 1892), a German inventor and industrialist. He was a founder and director, Siemens and Hales, a firm did made electrical apparatus. Ernst Siemens patented the first loudspeaker on December 14, 1877. He was the first to describe the dynamic or moving-cool transducer, with a circular cool of wire in a magnetic field and supported so that It could move axially. 1 The Invention of loudspeaker completely revolutionized the music industry as it exists today. Without its invention. People had to visit casinos, restaurants, bars and etc. We will write a custom essay sample on Electromagnetism in Loudspeakers or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page To enjoy the sound of music. Nowadays, music Is transportable.The music Industry Is In a well-publicized state of upheaval. The emergence of digital distribution and consumption technologies such as the pod, tunes and Spottily) have radically disturbed established systems of production and consumption. Benefits of those changes have dropped unevenly and most cultural commentary has focused on problems caused to the global record Industry. Moreover, one of the peculiar features of the music Industry Is the continuity between localized Para-industrial acts and mainstream commercial practices.The importance of geographic and genre-based scenes means that small music economies have a greater significance for the structural organization of the music Industry than In other cultural Industries: In the music industry.. . He small Is as significant as the big (Firth, 2000). 2 Electromagnets are magnets which run on electricity. Different then permanent magnets, the strength of electromagnets may be changed easily by manipulating the amount of electric currents flowing through it.Furthermore, the poles of electromagnets may even be Inverses by Inversion the flow of electricity. Electromagnets work due to an electric current which produces a magnetic field. 3 Any powered devices used, from doorbells to table clocks, carry out a certain form of electromagnetism in their functioning. It is electromagnetism which as given the flexibility for switching of/on electricity as required. 4 Speakers are one of a few devices which contain both. A permanent magnet as well as an electromagnet.The electromagnet is in the form of a coil of wire also known as a voice coil. When an electric current passes through the voice coil, the voice coil is becoming an electromagnet whose polarity is changing with the current which passes through It. Moreover now, the magnetic field of the voice cool Is Interacting with the magnetic field of the permanent magnet. This is creating a force that moves the coil. The movement of the coil moves the speaker cone attached to it. This process transmits amplified sound that is being received as an electric signal by the speakers. (See Figure 1) An audio signal source such as a microphone produces an electronic image of the 1 OFF content and frequency, as well as a size that is reflecting the relative intensity of the sound while it is changing. Furthermore, the Jobs of an amplifier are to take that electrical image and enlarge it; large enough in power to run the coils of a loudspeaker. Moreover, having a high fidelity amplifier means that you enlarge it Introit changing any of its properties. (See Figure 2, 3) Any changes would be recognized as misuse of the sound since the human ear is remarkably sensitive to such changes. Once the amplifier has made the electrical mage large enough, it applies it to the voice coils of the loudspeaker, causing them liberate with a pattern which follows the variety of the original signal. Now, the voice coil is attached to and runs the cone of the loudspeaker, which in trend drives the air. This action on the air is producing sound which more or less reproduces the sound pressure variations of the original signal. See Figure 2, 3) Figure Electromagnetism in Speaker 2 Loudspeakers are electrostatic that produces sound in response to an electrical signal input their main purpose is to transmit rather recorded or live sound to the human ear. Todays manufacturers offer speakers to fit a variety of needs and budgets. In todays society loudspeakers are represented in all sorts of ways (I. E. In movie theatres, cars, radios, phones, television, and computers). Nevertheless, loudspeakers are mostly represented in nightclubs and parties, by distributing sound loudspeakers create a feeling of coziness and a desire to celebrate.However, with their ability to increase volume and spreading the sound through large rooms, it is a err common method politicians use to spread their word in a debate. As any electric device nowadays, loudspeaker come with advantages (Such as being very reliable, good sound reproduction, long lasting and pretty durable if operated within their intended power levels) and disadvantages (Such as having limited in frequency response and requires multiple speakers to produce full sound spectrum of 20 20,000 Haze, feedback must be compensated for at the amplifier and easily destroyed if over powered).Advantages of loudspeakers include that increasing the volume to an extent, where it is being categorized as loud music. Loud music can be used by people suffering from physical pain as a pain management strategy. As well, loud music is sometimes used by schizophrenics to drown out the noise of hallucinations. . Furthermore, if loudspeakers are treated right they can last up to 50 [ear or more. Although so many benefits it has, some disadvantages also can be found out of it.Today, one in five teens has some form of hearing loss a rate about 30% higher than it was in the asses and asses which many experts believe is due, part, to the increased use of headphones. 8 exposure to loud music from your personal audio player, gigs, pubs, clubs and stereos can build up and cause hearing loss that is permanent; the hair cells in your ear die and cannot be repaired or replaced. Music occupies a special position in capitalist society because the creation of popular musical commodities is irretrievably a site of struggle (Bloomfield 1991, 80).Tail regards music as prophetic, its styles and economic organization are the entire range of possibilities in a given code (1987, 11). 9 Since the invention of loudspeaker, music has become portable. New technology for the reproduction of music has overflowed the market (such as tunes, Spottily, and etc. ). Combined with internet downloads, the industry politico-legal representatives estimate music piracy now costs the industry in excess of $JUS billion (see especially International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IF) 2003, and Recording Industry Association of America (ARIA) 2002).The illegitimate challenges are self-explanatory and form the bulk of current debates concerning the future of the industry; however they do not adequately explain a fall in global music product revenue. 10 Many years, moment has had serious impacts on the music industry, and other way around. Music has been the impulse for major rebellions and uproars against government in several countries. For some, governments have gone so far as to outlaw or ban certain types of music, genres, and artists.

Nutrients In Food Essays - Nutrition, Eggs, Yolk, Egg As Food

Nutrients In Food This experiment has to do with foods and their nutrients. We are finding out how much nutrients these 6 specific foods have and don't have: cheese, hotdogs, egg yolk, egg white and potato. We are testing them for starch, sugar, fat and protein. For my hypothesis I will start with starch. I think that cheese would not have that much starch in it for the reason of this cheese is a dairy it is made out of milk. Hotdog's don't have starch because it is a meat and meat does not have starch in it. My next food is egg yolk. Egg yolk is also a dairy so just like cheese it is made out of milk also so egg yolk does not have starch either. Egg white is a dairy too so it too has no starch. The only food that has starch in it is potato. The reason for this is because it is a acid and it grows in the ground. Next is sugar. I would have to say that I think sugar would be in cheese, hotdogs, egg yolk and egg white. But I don't think it would be in potato again because they are grown in the ground. My next hypothesis is on fats. I think hotdogs and cheese have fats in them but I think egg white and egg yolk and potato's don't have fats. Next is protein's. Proteins are very common in foods so I think all of the foods we will test has proteins. MATERIAL'S Safety goggles Hotdogs Cheese Egg yolk Egg white Potato Benedict's solution hot plate large beaker 5 test tubes test tube holder test tube rack crucible Lugol's iodine paper bag Biuret reagent EXPERIMENT: We started with testing starch. We took a test tube and put one piece of hotdog in it. I put in drop of Lugol's iodine in it and waited for it to change colors. The drop will turn black if starch is present. The drop showed that the hotdog has no starch in it. Next we took a piece of cheese. We put one drop of iodine in it and it showed that cheese also does not have starch in it. After that we took a piece of egg yolk and put it in a test tube and put one drop of iodine as we did with the other foods. That showed us that egg yolk does not have starch in it either. Next we tested for egg white. We again put one drop of iodine the test tube. That showed us that egg white does not have starch in it either so every food we have tested so far has not had starch in it. We had one more food to test and that was potato. We put in drop of iodine in it and it showed that the potato has starch in it. Next we tested for fats. We took a brown paper towel and placed a piece of hotdog and rubbed them together. Then we held the paper towel up to the light. It showed that hotdogs do have fat in them. Next we took a piece of egg yolk and rubbed it to the paper towel. The paper towel showed that egg yolk does have fats in it. After that we tested cheese . We rubbed it on the paper towel and it showed that cheese does not have fat in it. After we tested for cheese we took a piece of egg white and again rubbed it to the paper towel and that showed that egg white does have fats in it. The last thing we tested is potato. We rubbed it to a paper towel and that showed that potato does have fat in it. After we tested for fats we tested for sugar. We took a test tube and put in a piece of hotdog in it. Next we put 10 drops of Benedict's solution in it. After that we put it in boiling water for 2 minutes. After 2 minutes the solution showed that hotdogs do have sugar in it. After we tested hotdogs we took a piece of cheese and put 10 drops Benedict's solution in it and boiled it for 2 minutes. The solution showed that cheese has sugar in it. Next we tested egg white and again put the same solution in it and boiled it for 2 minutes and that showed that egg white does not have sugar