Question

The foodservice department has been asked to prepare a special luncheon for the grandway hospital board of directors on tuesday. there will be 25 board members at the luncheon. there are 125 portions of vegetable lasagna needed for the hospital's lunch service that day. the standardized vegetable lasagna recipe yields 125 portions and requires 21 lb of ricotta cheese. how much ricotta cheese must chef carl order to meet production needs?

Answer 1

125/21 = 150/x
cross multiply
125x = 3150
x = 3150/125
x = 25.2 lbs....rounded up = 26 lbs <==