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Originally Posted by Jims5543
That was my initial thought as well without working out much more than they lost 1% of their water volume and they are 98% water so 1% = 0.99 lbs.
Am I missing something here?
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Yes, the math behind it. In your scenario there's 98 lbs of water, 1 lbs of potato.
That's 98.98% water. (98 divided by 99)
To get to 98% water you need 1 lb of potato and 49 lbs of water... (49 divided by 50)