Question

Meatloaf yield 50, 4oz portion

Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

When there is a lot of repetitive calculation, I like to let a spreadsheet do it.

Of course, the quantities are ...

• bread: 12/16 loaf
• onions: 4/16 pound
• milk: 1/4 gallon
• salt: 1/16 pound

You can enter the fractions directly in the spreadsheet (=12/16, for example), and it will do the calculation. The recipe cost is the product of recipe quantity and unit cost.

The total recipe cost and per-portion calculations should be obvious: the total is the sum of ingredient costs; the per-portion cost is that total divided by 50 portions. The spreadsheet has been set to round to 2 decimal places (cents).