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Step-by-step explanation:
step 1. 4/.5 x 50 = 400 ounces needed
step 2. 400 ounces (1 lb/16 oz) = 25 lbs.
25 pounds of raw sausages are required to feed 50 people.
Cooked sausage per person = 4 ounces
Amount of cooked sausage required =
(Number of ounce per person × number of persons)
(4 × 50) = 200 ounces of cooked sausage
Yield of sausage once cooked = 50% of raw of sausage
Hence, to obtain 200 ounces of cooked sausage,
Then ; the amount of raw sausage required will be :
(200 ounces) ÷ 50% = 200 ÷ 0.5 = 400 ounces
Converting ounces to pounds :
1 ounce = 0.0625 pounds
400 ounce = (400 × 0.0625) = 25 pounds
Hence, 25 pounds of raw sausages are required
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