Question

A bag of potatoes weights 60 lb. If 78% of a potato is water, how many pounds of water are in a bag?

Answer 1

Answer:

46.8 lbs

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: percentage of water= 78%

weight of potatoes= 60lbs

weight of water= 78% of 60 = 78/100×60=

46.8 lbs

Answer 2

46.8 pounds of water are in the bag.

It is given that, the weight of potatoes in a bag is = 60 lb.

Percentage weight of water = 78% of the weight of potato

For the 60 lb weight of potatoes in the bag, the water content is 78% of 60 lb

= 46.8 lb

So, the required answer of weight of water is 46.8 lb