Question

gardener harvested 100 kilograms of tomatoes and drove them to the farmer's market on a
hot day. When picked the tomatoes were 99% water but they lost some moisture during the
drive and were 95% water when delivered. What was their weight when they arrived?

Answer 1

95/99 = x/100, solve for x
x = 95 * 100 / 99
x = 95.96

Answer 2

hold the phone
they were originally 99% water so 1 kg tomatoes, 99 kg water.

Answer 3

when they arrive there is still 1 kg tomato, the rest water. so the question is, 1 kg is 5% of what number? in other words solve
\[1=.05x\] and get
\[x=\frac{1}{.05}=20\] there are only 20 kg on arrival

Answer 4

not the answer you were expecting i am sure, but it is correct