Question

If a 48-pound beef round is roasted, and 9 pounds are lost through shrinkage, what percent of the round is lost through shrinkage?

Answer 1

we can write an equation

you multiply the total pounds by the percent lost to find the lost pounds

then

`48* x=9`

where x is the percent lost, then solve for x

`\begin{gathered} x=(9)/(48) \\ \\ x=(3)/(16)=0.1875 \end{gathered}`

multiply by 100 to find on percent form

`0.1875*100=18.75`

Percent is 18.75%