SOLUTION: A brewer's spent grain contains 80 percent (m/m) moisture. When the grain has lost half of its weight, what is the moisture content?

SOLUTION: A brewer's spent grain contains 80 percent (m/m) moisture. When the grain has lost half of its weight, what is the moisture content?

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Question 835987: A brewer's spent grain contains 80 percent (m/m) moisture. When the grain has lost half of its weight, what is the moisture content?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100 parts of spent grain.

(80 parts moisture)/(100 parts spent grain)
Plenty of moisture to lose.

, because half of the 100 parts is 50 parts.
Computation:
Result: 60% moisture.
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