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Originally Posted by Jims5543 View Post
I read it this way.

The mathematical potatoes, which are not actual potatoes, are composed of 99% water. When left out overnight they were then composed of 98% water or 1% less water then the day before.

1% of 99% = 0.99 rounding off.
The first part is correct. The math after that is not. That method would work if the mass of the potato changed also.
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