Question

7.
chef has 50 pounds of strip Zebra. The trim loss on the strip zebra is
40% and the cooking loss is 60% of the trimmed weight. How many
pounds of trimmed, cooked strip zebra will the chef have left to serve to
his customers?

Answer 1

Answer:

12 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

After trimming:

50 − 0.40 (50) = 0.60 (50) = 30

After cooking:

30 − 0.60 (30) = 0.40 (30) = 12