Question

When you dry mushrooms, they lose 72% of their weight. What weight of fresh mushrooms do you need in order to get 12.25 lb of dried mushrooms?

Answer 1

Explanation:

43.75 lb

Answer 2

The weight of mushrooms in order to obtain 12.25 lb of dry mushrooms is:

43.75 lb.

Explanation:

It is given that:

When you dry mushrooms, they lose 72% of their weight.

Let the actual weight of mushrooms be 'x' lb.

Now the weight of the dried mushrooms is given 12.25 lb.

WE have to find the value of x .

This implies that:

(100-72)% of x=12.25.

⇒ 28% of x=12.25

⇒
`(28)/(100)* x=12.25\\\\x=(12.25* 100)/(28)\\\\x=43.75\ lb`

Hence, the weight of mushrooms in order to obtain 12.25 lb of dry mushrooms is:

43.75 lb.