Cucumbers are on sale so you buy 100 pounds of them at your local market The cucumbers are 99 percent water Some days later they dry out to 98 percent water How much do they weigh now?

Cucumbers are on sale so you buy 100 pounds of them at your local market The cucumbers are 99 percent water Some days later they dry out to 98 percent water How much do they weigh now?
The answer is 50 pounds.The first day the part of the cucumbers that is not water is 1% of the total weight, or 1 pound.Several days later the non-water part of the cucumber is now 2% of the total weight, but still weighs 1 pound.if 2% is 1 pound, 100% is 50 pounds.