Question

You've purchased a crate of bananas weighing 10 lb. Your menu calls for 2-oz servings of bananas. Assume your trim loss is 2 lbs 4 oz. How many servings can you get from the crate of bananas?

A. 50 servings
B. 55 servings
C. 60 servings
D. 65 servings

Answer 1

After converting the total weight and loss to ounces and subtracting the trim loss, there are 124 oz of usable bananas. Dividing this by the 2-oz serving size, we get 62 servings from the 10-lb crate of bananas.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many 2-oz servings of bananas can be obtained from a 10-lb crate after accounting for a trim loss of 2 lbs 4 oz, we first need to convert the weight of the bananas into a consistent unit of measurement. We will convert the total weight and the loss to ounces, since the serving size is given in ounces:

• 1 pound = 16 ounces
• Total weight in ounces: 10 lb × 16 oz/lb = 160 oz
• Trim loss in ounces: 2 lb × 16 oz/lb + 4 oz = 36 oz

Next, we subtract the trim loss from the total weight to find the usable weight:

Usable weight in ounces: 160 oz - 36 oz = 124 oz

Finally, we divide the usable weight by the serving size to find the number of servings:

Number of servings: 124 oz ÷ 2 oz/serving = 62 servings

Since you cannot have a fraction of a serving, we will round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the crate of bananas will yield 62 servings.