A watermelon weighing 20 kg contains 96 of water by weight It is put in sun for some time and some w...........

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A watermelon weighing 20 kg contains 96% of water by weight. It is put in sun for some time and some water evaporates so that now it contains only 95% of water by weight. The new weight of watermelon would be?

17 kg

15 kg

18.5 kg

16 kg

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Explanation:

Let new weight be x kg
Since the pulp is not being evaporated,
the quantity of pulp should remain same in both cases.
This gives,
(100-96)% of 20 = (100-95)% of x
Solve, x = 16 kg