Julia has a bucket of water that weighs 10lbs. The total weight is 99% water. She leaves the bucke

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    Julia has a bucket of water that weighs 10lbs. The total weight is 99% water. She leaves the bucket outside overnight and some of the water evaporates, in the morning the water is only 98% of the total weight. What is the new weight?


    Setup the proportion:
    0.99/10 = 0.98/w

    Using our proportion calculator, we get w = 9.899 lbs.
     

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