Interesting Riddle

[stomachmonkey]

Yeah I think I got it wrong the first time around.

Let's see how fast one of you geniuses can get it.

Fred brings home 100 pounds of potatoes, which (being purely mathematical potatoes) consist of 99 percent water. He then leaves them outside overnight so that they consist of 98 percent water. What is their new weight?

[gshase]

Did it rain last night?

[Shaun @ Tru6]

How many potatoes did the raccoons eat?

[Pazuzu]

99 percent by weight or by volume or by molecular count?

[Steve Carlton]

1 lb = 2% of x = 50 lbs

[DerkPerk]

I’ll bite..

99.00 pounds


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[Amail]

51 lbs

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by Pazuzu

99 percent by weight or by volume or by molecular count?

They are potatoes, not avogadros.

[brainz01]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

1 lb = 2% of x = 50 lbs

Seconded

[GG Allin]

100x98/99=98.98989898

[DerkPerk]

Doh. I see it now...


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[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Pazuzu

99 percent by weight or by volume or by molecular count?

by volume would change the math and I think that's the trick in the question

[GG Allin]

Are these potatoes going to be cargo on a plane on a conveyor belt?

[aschen]

i get 50lbs as well, havent given it a ton of thought though. Just wrote out the equations

[pete3799]

African or European potato's?

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

How many potatoes did the raccoons eat?

None....because they had Blue Heelers......

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Irrelevant- since x= potato cannon

[red-beard]

Potato = 99% water, 1% starch

1 lb Starch = 1%, total = 100 lbs --> (99 lbs Water)
1 lb Starch = 2%, total = 50 lbs --> (48 lbs Water)
Delta Water, 51 lbs

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Yeah I think I got it wrong the first time around.

Let's see how fast one of you geniuses can get it.

Fred brings home 100 pounds of potatoes, which (being purely mathematical potatoes) consist of 99 percent water. He then leaves them outside overnight so that they consist of 98 percent water. What is their new weight?

Still 1 pound.

[1990C4S]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Potato = 99% water, 1% starch

1 lb Starch = 1%, total = 100 lbs --> (99 lbs Water)
1 lb Starch = 2%, total = 50 lbs --> (48 lbs Water)
Delta Water, 51 lbs

I think you need 49 lbs of water, plus 1 lbs of starch to get 50 lbs.

98% water is 49 lbs of water and 1 lbs of starch, total new weight is 50 lbs.

1/50th is 2%...water is 98%...