Question

If the ground beef is known to have a cooking yield of 45%, how much ground beef would need to be purchased to provide 10 pounds EP? a) 10 pounds b) 4.5 pounds c) 22.22 pounds d) 7.5 pounds

Answer 1

c

You lose 55% everytime so 10 pounds becomes 4.5 pounds, so the answer is 22.22 pounds. You know that 10*0.45 is 45% of 10, so that means 10/0.45 should work.