Friday Puzzler -- Dried Watermelon

4/14/17, 3:14 PM #1

Alex Y
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Friday Puzzler -- Dried Watermelon

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There is a 100 pound watermelon laying out in the sun. 99 percent of the watermelon's weight is water. After laying out for a few hours 98 percent of the watermelon's weight is water.

How much water evaporated?

Re: Friday Puzzler -- Dried Watermelon

4/15/17, 1:29 PM #2

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If 2% equals 1 pound ...

Re: Friday Puzzler -- Dried Watermelon

4/16/17, 1:37 AM #3

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You got it!

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Sure wasn't what my intuition initially told me, though.

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