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Fresh grapes contain 80% water by weight and raisins obtained by drying fresh grapes contain 25% water by weight. How many kgs of fresh grapes are needed to get 20kgs of raisins?

A) 75 kgs
B) 64kgs
C) 72 kgs
D) 65 kgs
E) 70 kgs

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The weight of non-water in 20 kg of dried grapes (which is 100-25=75% of whole weight) will be the same as the weight of non-water in x kg of fresh grapes (which is 100-80=20% of whole weight), so 20*0.75 = x*0.2 --> x = 75.

Answer: A.

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Used weighted average formula

Wr/Wg= (100 - 80) / (80-25) = 4/11

(4/14) * X = 20

X=75

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Used weighted average formula

Wr/Wg= (100 - 80) / (80-25) = 4/11

(4/14) * X = 20

X=75

Answer A

KarishmaB I have often seen you use the weighted average method for questions like these. Could you please share the link to relevant notes made by you or someone else?

I am able to solve these qs using the long methods, but need more efficient methods. TIA!
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Used weighted average formula

Wr/Wg= (100 - 80) / (80-25) = 4/11

(4/14) * X = 20

X=75

Answer A

KarishmaB I have often seen you use the weighted average method for questions like these. Could you please share the link to relevant notes made by you or someone else?

I am able to solve these qs using the long methods, but need more efficient methods. TIA!

You can check out my YouTube video on weighted average and scale method here: https://youtu.be/_GOAU7moZ2Q
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Used weighted average formula

Wr/Wg= (100 - 80) / (80-25) = 4/11

(4/14) * X = 20

X=75

Answer A

KarishmaB I have often seen you use the weighted average method for questions like these. Could you please share the link to relevant notes made by you or someone else?

I am able to solve these qs using the long methods, but need more efficient methods. TIA!

You can check out my YouTube video on weighted average and scale method here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqNTF0BUx0Q
The channel is work in progress but this video is up.

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Fresh grapes contain 80% water by weight and raisins obtained by drying fresh grapes contain 25% water by weight. How many kgs of fresh grapes are needed to get 20kgs of raisins?
A) 75 kgs
B) 64kgs
C) 72 kgs
D) 65 kgs
E) 70 kgs

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­Hello! :)

I really had to crack my head to understand how to solve this sum, but for anyone struggling, here's how i understood it. 

What seems to be a constant in this entire sum is the solid weight of the grapes and the raisins. 
1. Fresh Grapes consist of 80% water and 20% solid weight. 
2. Raisins consist of 25% water and 75% solid weight. 

Now we know that to convert grapes into raisins, we need to dry the grapes. 

In 20 Kgs, 75% would be solid weight, so we can say that
75/100 * 20 = 15kgs
So, let the total amount of Fresh Grapes be x
Now we need to get 15% of solid content from fresh grapes. Fresh Grapes already have 20% solid in them. 

20% of x = 20/100 * x = x/5
So, we can say - equating the solid weight of fresh grapes to raisins, we can set up an equation :

x/5 = 15 = 75 kgs
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Deconstructing the Question

Fresh grapes contain 80% water, so they contain 20% solids.
Raisins contain 25% water, so they contain 75% solids.
Drying removes only water, so the mass of solids stays constant.

Step-by-step

Raisins weigh 20 kg and are 75% solids, so solids in raisins are:
\(20 \times 0.75 = 15\)

Let x be the kilograms of fresh grapes.
Fresh grapes are 20% solids, so solids are \(0.20x\).
Solids are conserved, so:
\(0.20x = 15\)

Solve for x:
\(x = \frac{15}{0.20}\)
\(x = 75\)

Answer: 75 kg
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