Jeremiah volunteered to bring a smoked brisket to the family reunion. During cooking in a smoker, a brisket loses
35% of its uncooked weight.
If Jeremiah wants to have 12 1/2lbs of cooked brisket, then what should the weight of the uncooked brisket be that he starts with?
Round the answer to the nearest tenth of a pound.
First, we need to calculate how much the cooked brisket will weigh after losing 35% of its weight during cooking.
12.5 lbs / 0.65 = 19.23076923 lbs
Therefore, Jeremiah will need to start with a brisket that weighs approximately 19.2 lbs in order to have 12 1/2 lbs of cooked brisket.