Mushrooms

Fresh mushrooms contain 88% water, dried 14% water. How many kilograms of fresh mushrooms should be collected to get 3 kg of dried?

Correct result:

x =  21.5 kg

Solution:


(1-0.88)x + 0.14 • 3 = 3

(1-0.88)•x + 0.14 • 3 = 3

0.12x = 2.58

x = 432 = 21.5

Our simple equation calculator calculates it.

Try another example


We would be pleased if you find an error in the word problem, spelling mistakes, or inaccuracies and send it to us. Thank you!






Showing 0 comments:
avatar




Tips to related online calculators
Our percentage calculator will help you quickly calculate various typical tasks with percentages.
Do you have a linear equation or system of equations and looking for its solution? Or do you have quadratic equation?

You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:

Next similar math problems:

  • Mushrooms
    huby_3 Fresh mushrooms contain 90% water, dried only 12%. How many kilograms of fresh mushrooms are needed for 5kg dried?
  • Here is
    calc Here is a data set (n=117) that has been sorted. 10.4 12.2 14.3 15.3 17.1 17.8 18 18.6 19.1 19.9 19.9 20.3 20.6 20.7 20.7 21.2 21.3 22 22.1 22.3 22.8 23 23 23.1 23.5 24.1 24.1 24.4 24.5 24.8 24.9 25.4 25.4 25.5 25.7 25.9 26 26.1 26.2 26.7 26.8 27.5 27.6 2
  • Apples 2
    jablka_6 Dried apples contain 15% water. Fresh apples contain 80% water. How many kg of apples we need buy in order to get 3 kg of dried apples?
  • Sea water
    sea Mixing 62 kg of sea water with 84 kg rainwater is created water containing 3.1% salt. How many percent sea water contains salt?
  • Distilled water
    water2_1 Sea water contains 5% salt. How many distilled water should be pour to 40 kg of sea water so that the salt content is 2%. How many kilograms of 2% of sea water we get?
  • Acid evaporation
    roztoky_12 How many kilograms of water do we have to evaporate from 100 kg of 32% acid to make it 80% concentration?
  • Sea water
    sea_1 Seawater contains about 4.3% salt. How many dm3 of distilled water we must pour into 5 dm3 of sea water to get water with 1.8% salt?
  • Salt
    salt_4 Sea water containing 5% salt. How many kg of fresh water necessary to pour into 40 kg of sea water so that the salinity fell to 2%?
  • Fruit juice
    cukr_9 Fruit juice contains 37.5% sugar. How many percents of sugar will be in the flavored mineral that we prepare from 100 grams of fruit juice and 1.4 liters of mineral? (1 liter = 1 kg)
  • Vinegar 2
    ocet How many percentage of getvinegar solution, if we mix to 3.5 liters of 5.8% and 5 liters of 7.6% vinegar?
  • Mushrooms
    hriby_1 Mushrooms lose 90% by weight drying. How many fresh mushrooms are needed for 5 kg of dried mushrooms?
  • Bronze, tin and copper
    zvon Bronze is an alloy of tin and copper. An alloy of 10% tin and 90% copper is Gunmetal. If it contains 20% tin and 80% copper, it is bell metal. How many tons of molten bell metal and how many tons of copper is needed to make 100 tons of Gunmetal?
  • Peroxide
    chemia_3 How many ml 30% of peroxide (H2O2) should be poured into 100ml H2O to give a 20% solution?
  • Barrel 3
    sud-s-vodou Barrel with water has a weight 118 kg. When we get off 75% of water it has a weight 35 kg. How many kg has empty barrel?
  • Acid solution
    h2so4 By adding 250 grams of a 96% solution of sulfuric acid to its 3% solution its initial concentration was changed to 25%. How many grams of 3% of the acid were used for dilution?
  • Mushrooms
    huby_5 Grandfather gathered fresh mushrooms. The fifth was wormwood, and it was thrown away, the other dried up. He obtained 720 grams of dried mushrooms. How many kilograms did the grandfather collect, and by drying the mushrooms they lost 75% of their weight?
  • Concentration
    hcl_1 How many grams of 65% and 50% acid is to be mixed to give 240 g acid with a concentration of 60%?