SOLUTION: fresh mango consists of 70% water and dry mango consists of 10% water then 20Kg of fresh mango is equivalent to how much of dry mango

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Question 955999: fresh mango consists of 70% water and dry mango consists of 10% water then 20Kg of
fresh mango is equivalent to how much of dry mango

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Fresh mango with 70% water has
+100+-+70+=+30+ 30% mango
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+.3%2A20+=+6+ kg mango in 20 kg
of fresh mango
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Dry mango with 10% water has
+100+-+10+=+90+ 90% mango
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+6+=+.9x+
+x+=+6.667+
20 kg of fresh mango is equivalent
to 6.667 kg of dry mango