Calculate the following yield percentage.  1.) Sautéed asparagus will be tonight’s vegetable. The yield percent for the asparagus is 57%. If you purchased 30 pounds of asparagus, how many 4-ounce portions can you prepare?

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Calculate the following yield percentage. 

1.) Sautéed asparagus will be tonight’s vegetable. The yield percent for the asparagus is 57%. If you purchased 30 pounds of asparagus, how many 4-ounce portions can you prepare?

2.)You purchase 12 heads of radicchio. Each radicchio weighs 8 ounces. How many 1½-ounce portions of radicchio can be obtained from the 12 heads if the yield percent for radicchio is 92%?

3.) You receive a case of fresh Michigan cherries that weighs 8.2 kg. You will be making cherry pies. Each pie will require 1¾ pounds of pitted cherries. How many pies can be made from the case if the yield percent for cherries is 87%?

4.) A head of romaine weighs 1¾ pounds. The yield percent for romaine is 75%. How many heads of lettuce should you order if you need to serve 45 people a 4-ounce portion each of cleaned lettuce? 

5.) You need 2 kilograms of cleaned apricots. The yield percent is 91%. How many pounds of apricots should you order?

6.) You are making 20 tomato quiches. You need ¾ pound of peeled, seeded, chopped tomatoes for each quiche. If tomatoes have a yield percent of 78.4%, then how many pounds of tomatoes should you order?

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