pebbles Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Ok, I'm know many of you know how to do this, but at the moment, my mind is on strike. How do you trun a recipe with weights into a formula w/percentages? I'm not talking about soaps or anything specific, just in general. I'm playing around with several different recipes, but when all is said & done, I want to be able to turn them into formulas.TIA:smiley2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 add up the weight of each component to get the total weight. then divide each component weight by the total. you will get a decimal. move the decimal point two places to the right to get a % (i.e., multiply by 100).For exampleA 30 gramsB 40 gramsC 15 grams30+40+15 = 85 grams.For A: 30/85 = 0.35 = 35%For B: 40/85 = 0.47 = 47%For C: 15/85 = 0.18 = 18%Total 100%There are online calculators but it's really important to get this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebbles Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 :bow: THANKS SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know there are calulators out there, but just like you said, I'd rather know first hand. You never know when the computer will crash. LOL!ETA - thanks for reading through my typos & grammer mistakes. Wonky day so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyo Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Thank you carebear for posting that, I always wondered too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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