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Q.

Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits ?

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Correct choice: C

Explanation:

The fruit content in both the fresh fruit and dry fruit is the same. Given, fresh fruit has 68% water.so remaining 32% is fruit content. weight of fresh fruits is 100kg Dry fruit has 20% water.so remaining 80% is fruit content.let weight if dry fruit be y kg. Fruit % in freshfruit = Fruit% in dryfruit Therefore, (32/100) * 100 = (80/100 ) * y we get, y = 40 kg
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