document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1087742>Question 1087742</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A large watermelon weighs 20kg with 96% of its weight being water. it is allowed to stand in the sun and some of the water evaporates so that only 95% of its weight is water. it's reduced weight will be? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #702034 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=702034\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Some of the water goes away, but the part that is not water stays.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How much was that part by mass at the start?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%22100%25%22-%2296%25%22=%224%25%22=4%2F100=1%2F25=0.04 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%22100%25%22-%2296%25%22=%224%25%22=4%2F100=1%2F25=0.04\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the total.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In terms of mass, it was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.04%2A20kg=0.8kg ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.04%2A20kg=0.8kg\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "At the end, there were still <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.8kg ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.8kg\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of stuff that was not water in the shriveled watermelon,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but then it made up <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%22100%25%22-%2295%25%22=%225%25%22=5%2F100=1%2F20=0.05 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%22100%25%22-%2295%25%22=%225%25%22=5%2F100=1%2F20=0.05\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the total.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the total mass of that shriveled, sun-baked watermelon ended up as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=20%2A0.8kg=highlight%2816kg%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=20%2A0.8kg=highlight%2816kg%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=0.8kg%2F0.05=highlight%2816kg%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=0.8kg%2F0.05=highlight%2816kg%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You could say that the final mass, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is such that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%225%25%22=5%2F100=0.05 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%225%25%22=5%2F100=0.05\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of it is water;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "write <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.05m=0.8kg ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.05m=0.8kg\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as an equation,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and \"solve for m\" to get <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=0.8kg%2F0.05=highlight%2816kg%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=0.8kg%2F0.05=highlight%2816kg%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to say you are using algebra. </SPAN>\n" );
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