During cooking, a chicken loses 10% of its weight due to water loss. In order to obtain 1,170 grams of cooked chicken, how many grams of uncooked chicken must be used

Answer 1

To find out how many grams of uncooked chicken must be used, we need to calculate the weight of the chicken before cooking.

Let X be the weight of the uncooked chicken.
After cooking, the weight of the chicken will be 90% of X (100% - 10% = 90%).

Since we want to obtain 1,170 grams of cooked chicken, we can set up the equation:

0.90X = 1,170

Solving for X:

X = 1,170 / 0.90
X = 1,300

Therefore, 1,300 grams of uncooked chicken must be used to obtain 1,170 grams of cooked chicken.