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The original yield for the colcannon recipe is 16 portions (at 5 ounces each) and requires 4 pounds of potatoes. If there are 25 pounds of potatoes on hand, and all of this is to be used to make Colcannon, how many pounds of colcannon can be prepared? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth



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31.25‬ lbs of Colcannon  

Step-by-step explanation:

What is Colcannon?
Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish made by combining soft, buttery mashed potatoes with cooked kale or cabbage. Though cabbage is more commonly used today, kale is the older and more traditional ingredient stirred into the potato mash.

Now for the math

It takes 16 portions at 5 ounces each from 4 pounds of potatoes

16 portions at 5 ounces each = 16 x 5 = 80 ounces and that is the yield from 4 lbs of potatoes

1 lb = 16 ounces so 80 ounces = 80/16 = 5 pounds

So 5 pounds of Colcannon  can be made from 4 pounds of potatotes
(The rest of the weight comes from crushed kale or cabbage)

We can derive a proportionality relationship thus
4 lbs of potatoes yield 5 pounds of Colcannon  

25 lbs of potatoes will yield:
25/4 * 5
= 125/4 lbs of Colcannon  
= 31.25‬ lbs of Colcannon  

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