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In a store window, there was a box of berries having a total weight of 200 kg. The berries were 99% water, by weight. After two days in the sun, the water content of the berries was only 95%, by weight. What was the total weight of the berries after two days, in kg?

 Aug 9, 2023
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In a store window, there was a box of berries having a total weight of 200 kg. The berries were 99% water, by weight. After two days in the sun, the water content of the berries was only 95%, by weight. What was the total weight of the berries after two days, in kg?

 

You're starting with 200 kg of berries, and 99% of that is water.  

Since they're 99% water, that means that there's 1% of solid stuff.  

1% of 200 kg means that there are 2 kg of solid stuff.   

 

Some of the water evaporates in the sun, but the solid stuff doesn't.  

So, after the evaporation, there still remains the same 2 kg of solid stuff.  

Since the new water content is 95%, that means that now the solid stuff is 5%.  

 

So 2 kg (the solid stuff) is 5% of the total weight.  

 

That means the new total weight is 2 / 0.05 = 40 kg.  

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 Aug 9, 2023

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