Friday, July 17, 2015

100 pounds of potatoes

 This is a riddle in the category logic riddles.

 You have 100 pounds of potatoes, which are 99 percent water by weight.

 They dehydrate until they’re 98 percent water. 

How much do they weigh now?




See the solution that a gave a friend of this blog  HERE.



2 comments:

  1. 1 lbs => 0.01% : total = 1 / 0.01 = 100
    1 lbs => 0.02% : total = 1 / 0.02 = 50

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