If the ground beef is known to have a cooking yield of 45%, how much ground beef would need to be purchased to provide 10 pounds EP?

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EP (Edible Portion) is the final usable product after cooking and trimming. To find out how much ground beef needs to be purchased to provide 10 lbs EP, we need to calculate the AP (As Purchased) weight.
 
EP weight = AP weight x cooking yield/100 
10 lbs = AP weight x 45/100 
AP weight = (10 x 100)/45 
AP weight = 22.22 lbs (rounded to the nearest hundredth)

Therefore, option C (23 lbs) is the best choice since we need to purchase slightly more than 22.22 lbs of ground beef to get 10 lbs EP after cooking with a 45% yield.

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