Question

If you need 75 lb of cooked, sliced pork loin, which has a shrink of 35%,how much raw BRT pork loin should you buy?

Answer 1

We know that

• You need 75 pounds of cooked pork.

,

• When you cook it, it shrinks 35%.

To find the initial pounds of pork you should use, we define the following equation.

$75=x-0.35x$

We solve for x

$0.65x=75$

Now, we divide the equation by 0.65

$\begin{gathered} \frac{0.65x}{0.65}=\frac{75}{0.65} \\ x\approx115.38 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, you need to use 115.38 pounds of pork, approximately, to get 75 pounds of cooked sliced pork loin.