Albert works at Zippy Burger. Today he is assigned to box fries during the lunch hour. His manager randomly weighs 10 of his large fries and finds that, on average, he is 'over-stuffing' them by 1.5 ounces each. It costs the restaurant 5.2¢ per ounce for fries.

Question

How much will Zippy Burger lose if 484 orders of large fries are made by Albert this lunch hour? (Assume he overstuffs every large fry by

Answer 1

To calculate how much Zippy Burger will lose from Albert's over-stuffed fries, we need to follow these steps:

1. Determine the total weight overstuffed per order:

   • Albert is over-stuffing each large fry by 1.5 ounces.

2. Calculate the total overstuffing for all orders:

   • There are 484 orders of large fries.
   • Total overstuffing = 1.5 ounces/order * 484 orders = 726 ounces.

3. Calculate the cost of the overstuffed fries:

   • The cost per ounce of fries is 5.2 cents.
   • Total cost of overstuffing = 726 ounces * 5.2 cents/ounce.

Now, converting cents to dollars for the final result:

• 726 ounces * 5.2 cents = 3,779.2 cents.

4. Convert cents to dollars:
   • 3,779.2 cents / 100 = 37.792 dollars.

Therefore, Zippy Burger will lose approximately $37.79 due to the overstuffing of the fries during the lunch hour.