Find the weight of the cucumber

[Anna55]

A fresh cucumber weighs 450 grams and 90 % of this is water. After a while it dries and make up only 80 % water. How much does the cucumber weigh then?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

A fresh cucumber weighs 450 grams and 90 % of this is water. After a while it dries and make up only 80 % water. How much does the cucumber weigh then?

Let the starting weight = C

How much of it is Water = ???

How much of it is solid = ???

and continue....

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[Anna55]

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