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by manasi_sh » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:03 am
A certain restaurant estimates that it loses 1/3 of the weight of its “quarter

pounder” during cooking. If the advertised weight is its cooked weight, how many pounds of meat are required to make 96 burgers?
a. 18
b. 32
c. 36
d. 240
e. 576

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by kajcha » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:16 am
Can you pl check if this is the complete question?
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by ldoolitt » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:43 am
Anonymous wrote:So a cooked quarter pounder weights 1/4 lbs, right?

And the question says that the burger loses 1/3 of its weight in the cooking process. That means 2/3 of the weight remains. Thus, 2/3 of the remaining weight is your quarter pounder.


Let X be the original weight of the burger before it is cooked. We can set up an equation like this:

(2/3)X = 1/4

X = 3/8

So the original weight of the burger is 3/8 lbs. If you want to make 96 burgers, multiply 3/8 by 96.

Is the answer 36?
Agree.
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by manasi_sh » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:52 am
yes the answer is 36 but i dint understand the solution..
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