Our Bistro features a popular French Country Meatball Sandwich on the lunch menu. We are open 6 days a week and sell 80 sandwiches per day. Chef’s meatball recipe makes 60 meatballs. It calls for 8 lbs. of ground sirloin, and the food cost on that recipe is $81.70. We serve 3 meatballs on each sandwich. How much ground sirloin does the chef need to order weekly?

Answer 1

To calculate the amount of ground sirloin the chef needs to order weekly, we first need to find out how many meatballs are used each week.

To do this, we multiply the number of sandwiches sold per day (80) by the number of meatballs used per sandwich (3):
80 sandwiches/day * 3 meatballs/sandwich = 240 meatballs/day

Next, we need to find out how many meatballs are made from the chef's meatball recipe. Since the recipe makes 60 meatballs, we can calculate the number of meatballs made per day by dividing the total number of meatballs used per week by the number of days the bistro is open per week:
240 meatballs/day * 6 days/week = 1440 meatballs/week

Now we need to determine how much ground sirloin is used to make 1440 meatballs. Since the recipe calls for 8 lbs. of ground sirloin, we can calculate the amount of ground sirloin needed per meatball by dividing the total amount of ground sirloin used by the total number of meatballs made:
8 lbs. / 60 meatballs = 0.1333333333 lbs./meatball

Finally, we can calculate the amount of ground sirloin needed weekly by multiplying the amount of ground sirloin needed per meatball by the total number of meatballs made per week:
0.1333333333 lbs./meatball * 1440 meatballs/week = 192 lbs. of ground sirloin needed weekly.

Therefore, the chef needs to order 192 lbs. of ground sirloin weekly for the French Country Meatball Sandwich.