The chef has 25 pounds of strip loin. The trim loss on the strip loin is 35% and the cooking loss is 80% of the trimmed weight. How many pounds of trimmed, cooked strip loin will the chef have left to serve to his customers?
1 Answer
Jun 28, 2017
3.25 pounds
Explanation:
Let's break this word problem up into steps.
1. The chef lost 35% after trimming.
If you lose 35% of something, then there will be 65% remaining.
Another way to say
Therefore, the amount of meat left after trimming is
2. The chef lost 80% after cooking.
If you lose 80% of something, then there will be 20% remaining.
The amount of meat left after cooking is
After trimming and cooking, the chef will have 3.25 pounds of cooked strip loin left.
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