The potato paradox
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You have 100 lb of "mathematical" potatoes, which are 99 percent water by weight. You let them dehydrate until they're 98 percent water. How much do they weigh now? No googling, ok.
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50lbs. 1lb == 1% of 100lb, and 2% == 50lbs So as not to give the game away! (hilight to reveal)
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And we have a winner. That was to quick, I was hoping for a few wrong ones to start with. :)
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And we have a winner. That was to quick, I was hoping for a few wrong ones to start with. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
That's why I hid it - I remembered it from somewhere.
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50lbs. 1lb == 1% of 100lb, and 2% == 50lbs So as not to give the game away! (hilight to reveal)
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50lbs. 1lb == 1% of 100lb, and 2% == 50lbs So as not to give the game away! (hilight to reveal)
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Forgive me for being thick but I cannot get my head round that. In 100lb there is 1lb of starch and 99 lbs of water (yes?). So if you lose 1% of the water, isn't that just 1lb less than before?
OK, so 100ib of potatoes, 99% water. That means that 1% is not water, and that weighs 1lb. If you reduce the water content to 98%, that doesn't affect the non-water part, so 1lb of the potatoes is now 2% of the total. If 2% of the weight is 1lb, then the total weight is now 50lb. For 97% you get 33.3lb, 96% gives 25lb, and so on.
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I dont get it. Should be 99.0001 lbs or some such.
OK, so 100ib of potatoes, 99% water. That means that 1% is not water, and that weighs 1lb. If you reduce the water content to 98%, that doesn't affect the non-water part, so 1lb of the potatoes is now 2% of the total. If 2% of the weight is 1lb, then the total weight is now 50lb. For 97% you get 33.3lb, 96% gives 25lb, and so on.
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No googling, ok.
Ok, but than please ask it for 45.359237 kg ;P :-D
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
OK - the new weight is 22.679618kg.
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OK, so 100ib of potatoes, 99% water. That means that 1% is not water, and that weighs 1lb. If you reduce the water content to 98%, that doesn't affect the non-water part, so 1lb of the potatoes is now 2% of the total. If 2% of the weight is 1lb, then the total weight is now 50lb. For 97% you get 33.3lb, 96% gives 25lb, and so on.
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It's simple when you see it! :laugh: If I recall correctly, I scratched my head a fair amount the first time I saw this one.
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You have 100 lb of "mathematical" potatoes, which are 99 percent water by weight. You let them dehydrate until they're 98 percent water. How much do they weigh now? No googling, ok.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
That's more lettuce than potato. A potato will clock in at roughly 75% water (just a tad more than a human). Still a nice example where math beats intuition :thumbsup:
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OK, so 100ib of potatoes, 99% water. That means that 1% is not water, and that weighs 1lb. If you reduce the water content to 98%, that doesn't affect the non-water part, so 1lb of the potatoes is now 2% of the total. If 2% of the weight is 1lb, then the total weight is now 50lb. For 97% you get 33.3lb, 96% gives 25lb, and so on.
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"To 98%" of what is the question. The original weight or the final weight. That wasnt specified. :)
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"To 98%" of what is the question. The original weight or the final weight. That wasnt specified. :)
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You let them dehydrate until they're 98 percent water.
That's pretty clear!
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You let them dehydrate until they're 98 percent water.
That's pretty clear!
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Nothing is clear in the land of language....
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That's more lettuce than potato. A potato will clock in at roughly 75% water (just a tad more than a human). Still a nice example where math beats intuition :thumbsup:
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These are 'mathematical' potatoes. :) But feel free to substitute with jellyfish if you want to.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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These are 'mathematical' potatoes. :) But feel free to substitute with jellyfish if you want to.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Could as well have chosen a mathematical ball of lead with 99% water-content. --edit It is misleading, since we have some "experience" with potatoes not shrinking 50% when they lay in the basement.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Could as well have chosen a mathematical ball of lead with 99% water-content. --edit It is misleading, since we have some "experience" with potatoes not shrinking 50% when they lay in the basement.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
Indeed.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Could as well have chosen a mathematical ball of lead with 99% water-content. --edit It is misleading, since we have some "experience" with potatoes not shrinking 50% when they lay in the basement.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
That's because they start out at 80% water, not 99%. And because nobody regularly checks their spuds for water content... :laugh:
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That's because they start out at 80% water, not 99%. And because nobody regularly checks their spuds for water content... :laugh:
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OriginalGriff wrote:
And because nobody regularly checks their spuds for water content... :laugh:
I keep potatoes in a dark and cool closet. After 3 months, they may have lost "some" weight, but not the same amount as your "mathematical" potatoes. Non-mathematical potatoes do not loose water in a mathematical linear way.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
And because nobody regularly checks their spuds for water content... :laugh:
I keep potatoes in a dark and cool closet. After 3 months, they may have lost "some" weight, but not the same amount as your "mathematical" potatoes. Non-mathematical potatoes do not loose water in a mathematical linear way.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Non-mathematical potatoes do not loose water in a mathematical linear way.
Or as quickly - unless you use the fridge / freezer as a dehydration device, as you do for Triple-Cooked Chips, where reducing the volume of the chips before the final frying probably does approach 50%
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