Worth 10 Points!!!
 

Math prof (title of class: Math for people who Hate Math and will Not be Math Majors and Promise to Never Hold Positions Requiring Math Competency-Ever) gave us this problem, worth ten actual points, to anyone who can solve it: HELP ME! (Yes, I'm begging.)

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?

Oral sex to anyone who can give me the CORRECT answer.

My first intuitive answer is that they still weigh 100 lbs.


That's just my FIRST THOUGHT and we all know I am NOT responsible for my FIRST thought.

GD it!!!!!!!!

I googled it and NO ONE will tell me the answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gd math!!!


(lack of response to thread indicates: A)--no one cares about me
B) NO ONE KNOWS THE ANSWER!!

They originally weigh 100 lbs, 99 lbs of which is water. They loose 1% of their water weight, which is .99 lbs, so the water represents 98.01 lbs. Add to that the weight of the non-water portion of the cucumbers (1 lb) and the weight of the cucumbers after a few days is 98.01 + 1 = 99.01 lbs. But the answer might just as easily be Belgium. I'm feeling a woody already!

http://www.foodreference.com/html/fcucumber.html

this page says they are 95% water. i say it's a trick question and you should be awarded full credit.

are you even sure that they are cucumbers?





(we have armadillos in our trousers)

I love men.

:worried: :yum:

not the answer I am looking for.


Think up!!!

So when does "Spexxvet,Be Gentle" get the reward?
Can I watch? Take pictures? :cool:

did he win?

He lost, I googled it, it's a tricky thing, I won't give it away.

50lb (no googling)

If you've got 100 lbs that is 99% water, it means you've got 99lbs of water and 1 lb of solid cucumber mass. So if you lose 1% of the water, you're losing 1% of 99lbs.

99 x .01 = .99 lbs.

99 - .99 = 98.01 lbs

This means you have 1 lbs of solid cucumber mass plus 98.01 lbs of water for a grand total of 99.01 lbs.

You're not losing 1% of the water.