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.
Let x be the weight of the uncooked chicken.
After cooking, the weight of the chicken is reduced by 10%, which means 90% of the original weight remains.
So, 0.90x = 1,170g
x = 1,170g / 0.90
x = 1,300 grams
Therefore, 1,300 grams of uncooked chicken must be used to obtain 1,170 grams of cooked chicken.
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I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. Let's correct this:
Let x be the weight of the uncooked chicken.
After cooking, the chicken loses 10% of its weight, so 90% of the weight remains.
Therefore, 0.90x = 1,170g
x = 1,170g / 0.90
x = 1,300 grams
Therefore, you would need 1,300 grams of uncooked chicken to obtain 1,170 grams of cooked chicken. Thank you for catching that mistake.