Monday, September 10, 2012

WELCOME BACK CHALLENGE

Congratulations to Cadet Roberto Soriano's brother who provided the correct answer: 50 lbs.  Think about it--carefully.  (Apparently, this is too complex for cadets.) 

Here's an easy challenge to help get you back in the swing of being a successful high school student:

Potatoes are 99% water and 1% non-evaporating potato stuff. If you take 100 pounds of potatoes and set them out on your back porch to dry, the water portion starts to evaporate. After awhile, enough water has evaporated so that the potatoes are now 98% water.


If you were to weigh those potatoes when they are 98% water, how much would they weigh?



This challenge will close out at 0730 Friday, 14 September.  The winner will enjoy a delicious soda from our honor mess.  Good luck!  For the future sailors among you, here's a trivia question:  What is lower than a little fish?



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