Fresh raspberries contain 80% water. Dried raspberries contain only 20% water. How many pounds of dried raspberries do you get from 36 lb of fresh berries?

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Cat Plus Plus · Answer 1 · 2019-02-26T21:49:25+0000

The answer is 9 because:

36*0.2(20%)=7.2, this is how much water the berries obtain.

Now you do 7.2 divided by 0.8 which equals 9. You do this step to find out how much water and the rest of the stuff in the berries.

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Fresh raspberries contain 80% water. Dried raspberries contain only 20% water. How many pounds of dried raspberries do you get from 36 lb of fresh berries?

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