Question

The chef has 80 pounds of strip loin. The trim loss on the strip loin is 55% and the cooking loss is 60% of the trimmed weight. How many pounds of trimmed, cooked strip loin will the chef have left to serve to his customers?

Answer 1

80 pounds of strip sirloin

80 x .55 = 0.44 trim loss

80 - 44 = 36 pounds of strip sirloin left

36 x 0.60 = 21.96 cooking loss

36 - 21.96 = 14.04 pound left to serve