Mamas Potato Salad recipe calls for 13 lb of peeled cooked a

Mama’s Potato Salad recipe calls for 13 lb. of peeled, cooked, and diced potatoes. You’re having a party and have to extend the recipe 7 times. How many pounds of raw red potatoes will you need if potatoes have a waste factor of 13% per pound?

Solution

Here as waste factor is 13% that means only 100-13=87% of total potato will be actually used for recipe.

So total used red potatoes = 87% of 13= 0.87 x 13= 11.31

and it has to be extended by 7 times,

so total red potatoes used be 11.31 x 7 = 79.17

so last required answer is 79.17 pounds.

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