Question

You've just purchased 12 lb of celery. You take it back to your kitchen and proceed to trim and cut it into pieces, ending up with 5.5 oz of trim. What is the yield percentage for the celery? A. 97 percent B. 36 percent C. 52 percent D. 78 percent

Culinary Arts

Answer 1

We should know that , 1 lb = 16 oz

The amount of purchased celery = 12 lb = 12 x 16 = 192 oz

Trim and cut it into pieces, ending up with 5.5 oz of trim.

The yield will be = 192 / 5.5 = 34.91

Taking the smallest integer number.

So, the yield = 34

which will be equal = 34*5.5 = 187 oz

So, the yield percentage = 187/192 x 100 = 97.4%

The Answer is: A. 97%

Answer 2

Hello!

The answer is A. 97 percent.

Why?

First, we need to know that
`1 lb = 16 oz`

So, we've just purchased
`12 lb = 192 oz`

We have ended with 5,5 oz of trim, it means that we've used 186,5 oz of celery
`(192 - 5,5 = 186,5)`

To know the yield percentage we just need to divide the used celery by the purchased quantity

`(186,5)/(192) = 0,971`

Multiplying it by 100 (in order to convert to percentage amount) we have:

`0,971 * 100 = 97,1 = 97` %

Have a nice day!