If you need 50 pounds of cooked chicken and the yield from raw chicken is 57%, how many pounds of raw chicken are required?

If you need 50 pounds of cooked chicken and the yield from raw chicken is 57%, how many pounds of raw chicken are required?

• A. 31 pounds
• B. 150 pounds
• C. 88 pounds
• D. 44 pounds

Answer: (C)

Yield is the portion of raw weight that becomes cooked. If the yield is 57%, then cooked weight = 0.57 × raw weight. To get 50 pounds cooked, solve for raw weight: raw = 50 ÷ 0.57 ≈ 87.7 pounds, so about 88 pounds of raw chicken are needed. Quick checks show 31 pounds raw would yield about 17–18 pounds cooked, 44 pounds raw about 25 pounds cooked, and 150 pounds raw about 85.5 pounds cooked—none of these match the target as closely as 88 pounds raw.

Yield is the portion of raw weight that becomes cooked. If the yield is 57%, then cooked weight = 0.57 × raw weight. To get 50 pounds cooked, solve for raw weight: raw = 50 ÷ 0.57 ≈ 87.7 pounds, so about 88 pounds of raw chicken are needed. Quick checks show 31 pounds raw would yield about 17–18 pounds cooked, 44 pounds raw about 25 pounds cooked, and 150 pounds raw about 85.5 pounds cooked—none of these match the target as closely as 88 pounds raw.