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Problem C
Drying Fruit

Fruit can be preserved through drying to remove excess moisture.

The water content of a certain fruit, by mass, is \(70\%\). Therefore, \(30\%\) of the fruit, by mass, is other material.

When left in the sun to dry, the fruit loses \(80\%\) of its water content, and the amount of other material remains the same.

Rounded to the nearest tenth, what percent of the dried fruit is water?

Theme: Number Sense