Question

1 lb of boneless turkey breast yields 0.7 lbs cooked turkey breast. How many pounds must be purchased to yield 21 lbs cooked turkey?

Answer 1

30 lbs of boneless chicken must be purchased

Explanation:

using proportion to solve the problem

let x be the amount of boneless chicken to be bought, thn

`(boneless)/(cooked)`

`(1)/(0.7)` =
`(x)/(21)` ( cross- multiply )

0.7x = 21 ( divide both sides by 0.7 )

`(0.7)/(0.7)` x =
`(21)/(0.7)` , that is

x = 30

30 lbs of boneless chicken must be purchased to yield 21 lbs of cooked chicken.