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If grapes are 92% water and raisins are 20% water, then how much did a quantity of raisins, which currently weighs 10 pounds, weigh when all the raisins were grapes? (Assume that the only difference between their raisin-weight and their grape-weight is water that evaporated during their transformation.)

A. 25 pounds
B. 46 pounds
C. 92 pounds
D. 100 pounds
E. 146 pounds

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User Zerk
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The answer is D
0.08x = 0.8* 10 —-> x= 100
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