document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=869372>Question 869372</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose that you have a huge cucumber that is 99% water (by weight). The cucumber weighs 100 pounds. If the water content of the cucumber evaporates until it is 98% water (by weight), then approximately how much does the cucumber now weigh?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) 99 pounds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) 96 pounds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c) 95 pounds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d) 50 pounds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e) 49 pounds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f) 98 pounds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g) 25 pounds </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #524148 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=524148\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Try viewing the cucumber with its solids concentration.  1% solid and 99% water, the typical cucumber.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = amount of pounds of material, water, which evaporates from your 100 pound cucumber.  The x pounds eveporates until percent solids becomes 2% and water becomes 98%.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=100-50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=100-50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That should not seem strange.  Note, this accounts to doubling the concentration of the solid matter of the cucumber.  Try a check in the original equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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