Going from 99% water to 98% water is a loss of 1% of the water.

No it isn't.

Here's the work:

To start with, 99% water is 99lb/(99lb + 1 lb).

Make 99lb a variable: x/(x+1)
Set to 98%: x/(x+1) = 0.98
Solve for x:
x = 0.98x + 0.98
0.02x = 0.98
x = 98/2 = 49

Total weight is 49 + 1 = 50lb

I agree.

If they are 99% water, then you have 99lb of water and 1lb of pure cucumber.

A few days later, you still have 1lb of pure cucumber, but now that is 2% of the whole, as they are now 98% water.

So if 1lb is 2%, then the whole lot must weight 50lb.

monster's explanation is better.

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How did you do that? I found the problem but not the solution.What did you input to Google? :confused:

cucumbers 99% 98% water weigh

returns

http://www.ajnpx.com/html/Math/Intro...gebraMain.html

The 98% 99% is all the difference, making the search very specific.

Hm. I tried;

You buy 100 lbs of cucumbers. Cukes are 99% water. In a few days they later dry out to 98% water. How much do they weigh?

100 lbs of cucumbers 99% water dry out to 98% water. How much do they weigh?

Marilyn Vos Savant's cucumber problem.

Marilyn Vos Savant's 99% to 98% cucumber problem.
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