SOLUTION: This is a math question for culinary student: What is your yield percent? Ten large fryer chickens weigh 31 #’s. If you ended up with 14 #s and 2 oz. of clean meat

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Question 1183028: This is a math question for culinary student: What is your yield percent?
Ten large fryer chickens weigh 31 #’s. If you ended up with 14 #s and 2 oz. of clean meat
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A reasonable assumption for the definition of 'yield percent' is :



(lbs of edible product) / (lbs of product as-purchased) * 100%



(14 + 2/16) / (31) * 100 =  

 14.125 / 31 * 100  = 



45.56%  (or 45.6% when rounded to one decimal place).