Chef has 25 pounds of strip loin. Trim loss on strip loin is 35% and the cooking loss is 80% of the trimmed weight. How many pounds of trimmed, cooked strip loin will the chef have left to serve to his customers?
Are you sure the cooking loss is 80%?
29% loss makes more sense.
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To find out how many pounds of trimmed, cooked strip loin the chef will have left, we need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Calculate the trim loss.
Since the trim loss is 35% of the initial weight of 25 pounds, we can calculate it by multiplying 25 by 0.35: 25 * 0.35 = 8.75 pounds.
Step 2: Calculate the trimmed weight.
To find the trimmed weight, we subtract the trim loss from the initial weight: 25 - 8.75 = 16.25 pounds.
Step 3: Calculate the cooking loss.
The cooking loss is 80% of the trimmed weight, which we can calculate by multiplying the trimmed weight by 0.80: 16.25 * 0.80 = 13 pounds.
Therefore, the chef will have 13 pounds of trimmed, cooked strip loin left to serve to his customers.