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A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce of the water evaporated each day during a 20-day period. What percent of the original amount of water evaporated during this period?

(A) 0.002%
(B) 0.02%
(C) 0.2%
(D) 2%
(E) 20%

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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  08 Oct 2012, 01:53
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A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce of the water evaporated each day during a 20-day period. What percent of the original amount of water evaporated during this period?

(A) 0.002%
(B) 0.02%
(C) 0.2%
(D) 2%
(E) 20%

In 20 days 20*0.01=0.2 ounces of water evaporated, which is \(\frac{0.2}{10}*100=2%\) of the original amount of water.

Answer: D.
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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  08 Oct 2012, 02:03
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A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce of the water evaporated each day during a 20-day period. What percent of the original amount of water evaporated during this period?

(A) 0.002%
(B) 0.02%
(C) 0.2%
(D) 2%
(E) 20%

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0.01 ounce evaporates each day for twenty days. So totally 0.01 x 20 = 0.2 ounces have evaporated
(0.2/10)*(100) = 2%
Answer is hence D

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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  08 Oct 2012, 02:45
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Amount to water evaporated during 20 days = .01 * 20 = 0.2 ounce
percent of the original amount of water evaporated = .2 * 100/10 = 20/10 = 2%
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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  09 Oct 2012, 22:10
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Water evaporated = 0.01 *20 ounce = 0.20 ounce
Original water = 10 ounce
Water evaporated as percentage = 0.20 *100/10 = 2%
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The Official Guide for GMAT® Review, 13th Edition - Quantitative Questions Project

A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce of the water evaporated each day during a 20-day period. What percent of the original amount of water evaporated during this period?

(A) 0.002%
(B) 0.02%
(C) 0.2%
(D) 2%
(E) 20%

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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  11 Oct 2012, 03:48
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Before 10 onces

After 0.01 * 20 = 0.2

tranlsate x/100 of 10 = 0.20 -----> 2

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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  02 May 2013, 10:28
I'm tackling the problem head on with simple math, 10x.01=.10x20=2%

Can someone tell me why they would prefer using fractions opposed to multiplications, for this specific problem.
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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  10 Jul 2014, 01:16
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In 10 ounces, 0.01 evaporates; so

in 100 ounces, 0.1 will evaporates in one day

So in 20 days, evaporation = 20 * 0.1 = 2%

Answer = E
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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  03 Jun 2016, 06:34
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A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce of the water evaporated each day during a 20-day period. What percent of the original amount of water evaporated during this period?

(A) 0.002%
(B) 0.02%
(C) 0.2%
(D) 2%
(E) 20%


We are given that 0.01 ounces of water evaporated EACH DAY. Furthermore, we know that this process happened over a 20-DAY PERIOD. To calculate the total amount of water that evaporated during this time frame we need to multiply 0.01 by 20. This gives us:

0.01 x 20 = 0.2 ounces

Finally, we are asked for “What percent” of the original amount of water evaporated during this period. To determine this percentage, we have to make sure we translate the expression correctly. We can translate it to:

(Amount Evaporated/Original Amount) x 100%

(0.2/10) x 100%

(2/100) x 100% = 2%

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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  03 Jun 2017, 01:51
We have 10 ounce of water, every day for 20 days evaporates 0.01 ounce, yielding 20*0.01= 0.2 ounce for the whole 20 day period.
Now set up the percent relationship 0.2/10 *100= 2%
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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  08 Sep 2017, 03:41
Water that evaporated= 0.01*20 days= 0.2

a% of 10= 0.2
a= 0.2*100/10= 2%


If we were asked to find how much water is left:

(10-0.2)/10 * 100
= 98%
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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  08 Sep 2017, 05:02
Important formulae needed to solve this question is percent change = (original - actual / original) *100. Ans D wins

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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  08 Sep 2017, 05:03
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Water that evaporated= 0.01*20 days= 0.2

a% of 10= 0.2
a= 0.2*100/10= 2%


If we were asked to find how much water is left:

(10-0.2)/10 * 100
= 98%

100-2=98
Tell us about how much water is left


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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  12 Jan 2018, 22:40
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Is this final step correct too:
What percent of the original amount of water evaporated during this period?
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In 20 days 20*0.01=0.2 ounces of water evaporated, which is \(\frac{0.2}{10}*100=2%\) of the original amount of water.

This is same as:
0.2/ 10
Now % means divide by 100, or we can multiply both numerator and denominator by 10:
2/100 or 2%
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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  12 Jan 2018, 23:34
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Bunuel niks18 amanvermagmat

Is this final step correct too:
What percent of the original amount of water evaporated during this period?
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In 20 days 20*0.01=0.2 ounces of water evaporated, which is \(\frac{0.2}{10}*100=2%\) of the original amount of water.

This is same as:
0.2/ 10
Now % means divide by 100, or we can multiply both numerator and denominator by 10:
2/100 or 2%


Hi adkikani

when you are asked to find percent you multiply by 100. for eg. 2 is what % of 4 \(= \frac{2}{4}*100=50\)%

and when a % value is given then to convert it into simple number you divide by 100 for eg 50%\(=\frac{50}{100}=0.5\)
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Re: A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce [#permalink] New post  20 Apr 2021, 21:18
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Hi All,

We’re told that a 10 total ounces of water is evaporated at a rate of 0.01 ounces of water each day for 20 days. We’re asked what PERCENT of the water EVAPORATED during those 20 days.

You should notice that the 5 answers all involve percentages AND decimals (so this is a ‘decimal shift’ question). We’ll have to be really careful about how we approach our calculations, since if we make a little mistake, then we’ll choose one of the wrong answers and not even know it.

First, (0.01 ounces/day)(20 days) = .2 ounces of water evaporated

.2/10 = 2/100 = 2%

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