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Question
By weight, 90% of tomato and 78% of potato is water. Find the weight of potato which contains 39 kg of water.
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Solution
Water in tomato = 90% and water in potato = 78%
Weight of water in potato = 39 kg
∴ Weight of potato = `(39xx100)/78` = 50 kg
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