During cooking a chicken loses 10% of its weight due to water lo st in order to obtain 1,170 g of cooked chicken how many grams of uncooked chicken must be used
To find out how many grams of uncooked chicken must be used to obtain 1,170 g of cooked chicken, we need to take into consideration the 10% weight loss during cooking.
Let x be the weight of the uncooked chicken. Since 10% of the weight is lost during cooking, the weight of the cooked chicken will be 90% of the weight of the uncooked chicken.
Therefore, the weight of the cooked chicken is 0.90x.
Given that the weight of the cooked chicken is 1,170 g:
0.90x = 1,170
Now, solve for x:
x = 1,170 / 0.90
x = 1,300 grams
Therefore, 1,300 grams of uncooked chicken must be used to obtain 1,170 grams of cooked chicken.