document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=269355>Question 269355</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A large watermelon weighs 20 kg with 98% of its weight being water. It is left to stand in the sun and some of the water evaporates so that now only 95% of its weight is water. What is its reduced weight?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A)17 kg (B) 19.4 kg (C) 10 kg (D) 8 kg (E) None of these.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "amt of water before drying: 0.98*20 = 19.6 kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "non-water weight of the melon: 0.4 kg<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After drying:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let weight be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The non-water material in the melon is now 5% of its weight.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.05x = 0.4 kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 8 kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The melon now weighs 8 kg.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A)17 kg (B) 19.4 kg (C) 10 kg (D) 8 kg (E) None of these. <BR>\n" );
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