Question

If you need 75 lb of cooked, sliced pork loin, which has a shrink of 35%,how much raw BRT pork loin should you buy?

Answer 1

We know that

• You need 75 pounds of cooked pork.

,

• When you cook it, it shrinks 35%.

To find the initial pounds of pork you should use, we define the following equation.

`75=x-0.35x`

We solve for x

`0.65x=75`

Now, we divide the equation by 0.65

`\begin{gathered} (0.65x)/(0.65)=(75)/(0.65) \\ x\approx115.38 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, you need to use 115.38 pounds of pork, approximately, to get 75 pounds of cooked sliced pork loin.