Question
Vegetables lose water when cooked. Raw vegetables
contain 90% water, but after cooking they contain only 50% water. How much raw vegetable is needed to get 600 grams of cooked vegetables?Solution
Raw: 10% solid Cooked: 50% solid Let raw weight = x grams 0.1x = 0.5 * 600 0.1x = 300 β x = 3000 grams = 3 kg
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