Question

It takes meagen 56 minutes to cook a golden turkey that weighs 12 pounds. Her compieter, chef Geraidine takes 1 hour and 16 minutes to cook a golden turkey that weighs 304 ounces. What is the differnece in pounds cooking the golden turkey er minute between chef meagen and chef chef geraidine?

Answer 1

0.033 pounds/min

Explanation:

For Meagen:

Time taken to cook golden turkey = 56 minutes

Weight of golden turkey = 12 pounds

For her competitor:

Time taken to cook golden turkey = 1 hour 16 minutes = 77 minutes

Weight of golden turkey = 304 ounces

16 ounces = 1 pound

Therefore, 304 ounces =
`(304)/(16)` = 19 pounds

Now, let us find the number of pounds cooked per minute by each chef.

Pounds cooked per minute by Meagen =
`(12)/(56) = 0.214\ pounds/min`

Pounds cooked per minute by the competitor =
`(19)/(77) = 0.247\ pounds/min`

Difference = 0.247 - 0.214 = 0.033 pounds/min