Question 1120477
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Yes, this problem has an answer that seems unreasonable....  But tutor @ikleyn's answer is right.<br>
Here is another way to find that answer.<br>
(1) Initially, the cucumbers are 99% water, so the "meat" of the cucumber is only 1%.
(2) So in 29 pounds of cucumbers, the meat is only 0.29 pounds.
(3) When the cucumbers have dried out, they are now 91% water, which means they are now 9% meat.
(4) The same original 0.29 pounds of meat is now 9% of the total weight:
{{{0.29 = 0.09x}}}
{{{x = .29/.09 = 29/9 = 3.2222}}}<br>
The new total weight, to 2 decimal places, is 3.22 pounds.