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Old 01-06-2006, 04:00 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
50lb (no googling)
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.
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