The problem asks "how much do they weigh", not how much WILL they weigh.They weigh 100 lbs. Dammit.

100 lbs of cucumbers that are 99% water. If cucumber loses water volume, then cucumber is 98% water - by volume. For every cubic foot of 'pure cucumber', we once had 99 cubic feet of water; but now only have 49 cubic feet of water. Still we don't know how much the cucumber weighs because we don't know weight densities.

For example if 99 cubic feet of water weighed 1 pound, then 'pure cucumber' weights 99 pounds. Therefore we have reduced weight from 100 pounds to 99.495 lbs. However if 'pure cucumber' is 10 pounds and 99 cubic feet of water is 90 pounds, then we have reduced cucumber to 54.54 pounds.


To accomplish same assuming 99% water 'by weight' - not by volume. 100 lbs of cucumber is 99 lbs water and 1 lbs 'pure cucumber'. When partially dried, then 1 lbs of pure cucumber remains. To be 98% water (by weight), then 1 lbs cucumber is mixed with 49 lbs water. This time we have eliminated 50 lbs of water or more than 50% of that water - by weight and by volume.

Problem forgot to define percentage in terms of volume or weight - or time. 'Do' is a time before the drying or after the drying? Classic examples of perspective perversion. Therefore only Rush Limbaugh - who is good at providing answers by conventiently making assumptions and forgetting facts - could have answered the question.

Oral sex. Does that mean I get a phone call? Another question of missing information - perspective.

Ok Folks's ,,,

Here ya go ,
What weighs more , a pound of Gold or a Pound of lead ??? :rolleyes:

Aw, that's easy. But which one falls faster if you drop it off the Empire State Building?

Reminds me.....
If eggs were twelve cents a dozen, how much would a hundred eggs be?

ok, before we go on to further mind-blowing questions: which of the above answers to the Cuke Problem is correct???? This is for TEN POINTS!

does anybody else think it's cute that tw answered the question? I think it's adorable!!

I checked and the 50 pound answer is correct. I intend to offer my college student son $5 if he can give me the answer. Of course, you can sweeten the pot if you like.http://www.cellar.org/images/smilies/tongue.gif

At least I'll know his Internet search skills are good.

The problem statement makes it implicit that the criteria is by weight. TW just likes to make things more difficult.

However, you might get extra credit by showing that you at least considered the alternative volume criteria. Unless you think the teacher will pull your paper completely for getting help from your buddies.

It was the 'carrot' - oral sex - that attracted my curiosity. Still wondering how that will occur. Or was there also something ‘implicit’ in that reward?

the mere fact that tw was/is interested in getting oral sex was what really threw me. I can only imagine his 'sex' talk.

PS--does tw win? did he come up with the answer first? If he did--I'm prepared to pay up!

He's the only guy I know who will check to make sure there isn't an STD or an MBA!http://www.cellar.org/images/smilies/lol.gif

'Yes, I can see here that you were a Penthouse Pet of the Year, but where did you go to college?'

'Harvard Business School'

'NEXT!'

COOKIE!!!!!

Good lord...if answering a math question gets you oral sex, what do you get with a nice dinner, a movie and flowers?

You didn't say just the FIRST to give you the correct answer. Anyone.

50 lbs.

Call me at your convenience, sweetie. :love:

OK..... 50 lbs is cool w/me.

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