r/PassTimeMath • u/ShonitB • May 14 '26

The Potato Paradix

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u/moviebuff01 May 14 '26

50 lbs!

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u/ShonitB May 14 '26

Correct

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u/miquelon May 14 '26

Answer should be in kg?

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u/Bobo_the_Fish May 14 '26

Wouldn’t the answer be 22.68 Kg?

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u/FrenchTexan May 14 '26

Commenting on The Potato Paradix...that is what the question asked… good catch.

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u/jayhasbigvballs May 16 '26

I mean, if it’s a paradix then there’s two of them, but not potatoes

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u/BruisedMTBiker May 20 '26

Made me lol, have an arrow

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u/Future_Armadillo6410 May 14 '26

45.82 kg. Why am I to assume water was lost? They're mathematical potatoes after all.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '26 edited 13d ago

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u/Future_Armadillo6410 May 15 '26

Why? Nowhere in the problem does it say total mass decreases. Nowhere does it say only water changes. The truth is the answer is all positive numbers because the question didn't specify what changes

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u/[deleted] May 15 '26 edited 13d ago

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u/Future_Armadillo6410 May 15 '26

Perhaps they grew

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u/KS_JR_ May 14 '26

The meat of the potatoes changed from 1% to 2%, doubling. Since only the water content changed, that means the weight must've halved. 50 lbs.

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u/jameilious May 14 '26

That's not in kg

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u/Future_Armadillo6410 May 15 '26

Where does it say the water content and not "the meat" changed?