Question

A spong scrubber soaked in water weighs 100 g the weight scrubber has 99% water in it if it is dried in the sun to reduce the water to 98% how much will it weigh (in g) now

Answer 1

Given data:

• A spong scrubber soaked in water weighs 100 g, where the scrubber has 99% water in it.

• It is dried in the sun to reduce the water to 98%.

To find:

The weight of the scrubber when water is reduced to 98%

Step-by-step explanation:

Given, the scrubber soaked in water weighs 100 g, where the scrubber has 99% water in it.

Then the weight of the water in it

= 100 × 99/100 g

= 99 g

and the weight of the dry scrubber is (100 - 99) g = 1 g.

The wet scrubber is dried in the sun to reduce the water to 98%.

Let, x be the weight of the wet scrubber when the water is 98%. Then we form a relation:

98% of x g + weight of the dry scrubber = x g

⇒ 98x/100 + 1 = x

⇒ x - 98x/100 = 1

⇒ (100x - 98x)/100 = 1

⇒ 2x/100 = 1

⇒ 2x = 100

⇒ x = 50

Final Answer:

It will weigh 50 g now.