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. Find the correct one

Question

A. 1,053

B. 1,287

C. 1,300

D. 1,340

Answer 1

B. 1,287

To find the weight of the uncooked chicken needed, you can set up a proportion. Let x be the weight of uncooked chicken needed.

90% of x (weight of chicken after water loss) = 1,170 grams

0.90x = 1,170

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. The closest option is B. 1,287, which is the correct answer.

Answer 2

correct answer?

Answer 3

I apologize for the mistake. Let's correct that.

To find the weight of the uncooked chicken needed, we can set up the following equation:

Weight of uncooked chicken - 10% of weight of uncooked chicken = 1,170 grams

Let x be the weight of the uncooked chicken.

x - 0.10x = 1,170
0.90x = 1,170
x = 1,170 / 0.90
x = 1,300

Therefore, the correct answer is C. 1,300 grams. Thank you for pointing out the error.

Answer 4

are you sure

Answer 5

I apologize for the confusion earlier. Let's re-calculate the correct answer.

Let x be the weight of the uncooked chicken needed.

After losing 10% of its weight, the cooked chicken will be 90% of the original weight:

0.90x = 1,170
x = 1,170 / 0.90
x = 1,300

Therefore, the correct answer is C. 1,300 grams of uncooked chicken must be used to obtain 1,170 grams of cooked chicken. Thank you for your patience.