The chef has 80 pounds of strip loin. Th

e trim loss on the strip loin is 55%

and the cooking loss is 60% of the

trimmed weight. How many pounds of

trimmed, cooked strip loin will the

chef have left to serve to his

customers?

Um i was thinking 5% or something like that

Firstly chef will lose 55% from 80 pounds, then he will lose 60% of what he had left, so we need to do two calculations:

55% from 80 pounds =

= 55% * 80 =

= 55/100 * 80 =

= 11/20 * 80 =

= 880/20 =

= 44

So after the trimming chef will have 44 pounds of strip loin. After cooking he will lose 60% of the trimmed weight, so:

60% from 44 pounds =

= 60% * 44 =

= 60/100 * 44 =

= 6/10 * 44 =

= 3/5 * 44 =

= 132/5 =

= 26 2/5 =

= 26 4/10 =

= 26.4

Answer: After trimming and cooking, chef will have 26.4 pounds of strip loin.