Jeremiah volunteer to bring a smoked it brisket to the family reunion during cooking in a smoker a brisket loses 35% of its uncut weight if Jeremiah wants to have 12 and 1/2 lb of cooked briskets then what should the weight of the uncooked brisket be that he starts with round the answer to the nearest tenth of a pound
If a brisket loses 35% of its uncut weight during smoking, then the cooked brisket would be 65% of the original weight.
Let x be the weight of the uncooked brisket.
0.65x = 12.5
x = 12.5 / 0.65
x ≈ 19.2 lbs
Therefore, Jeremiah should start with a brisket that weighs approximately 19.2 pounds in order to have 12.5 pounds of cooked brisket.
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Let's double-check the calculation:
Uncut weight of brisket = x
Weight of cooked brisket = 12.5 lbs
During cooking, the brisket loses 35% of its uncut weight, so the cooked brisket is 65% of the uncut weight:
0.65x = 12.5
Solving for x:
x = 12.5 / 0.65
x ≈ 19.2 lbs
Therefore, Jeremiah should start with an uncooked brisket weighing approximately 19.2 pounds in order to have 12.5 pounds of cooked brisket.