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?

Answer 1

Are you sure the cooking loss is 80%?

29% loss makes more sense.

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