If you've got 100 lbs that is 99% water, it means you've got 99lbs of water and 1 lb of solid cucumber mass. So if you lose 1% of the water, you're losing 1% of 99lbs.
99 x .01 = .99 lbs.
99 - .99 = 98.01 lbs
This means you have 1 lbs of solid cucumber mass plus 98.01 lbs of water for a grand total of 99.01 lbs.
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