Question

7/8 of a watermelon weight is water. if the watermelon weighs 24 kilograms, how many of the kilograms come from water?

Answer 1

21 kg of the watermelon are water.

Step-by-step explanation

We have to divide the weight of the watermelon by 8 and then multiply by 7 - or in other words, multiply by 7/8:

`24*(7)/(8)=(24)/(8)*7=3*7=21`

21 of the 24 kilograms of the watermelon are from water.