How potatoes can lose half their weight by drying out just 1%
Here’s a fun math problem for a Saturday afternoon: You’ve got 100 kg of potatoes that are 99% water. You leave them out overnight and they dry slightly, becoming 98% water. How much do they weigh now?
If you guessed somewhere around 99 kg, congratulations — you’re wrong. The answer is 50 kg. The potatoes lost half their wei…
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