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
To find out how many grams of uncooked chicken must be used, we need to calculate the weight of the chicken before cooking.
Let X be the weight of the uncooked chicken.
After cooking, the weight of the chicken will be 90% of X (100% - 10% = 90%).
Since we want to obtain 1,170 grams of cooked chicken, we can set up the equation:
0.90X = 1,170
Solving for X:
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.