While drying, apple loses 14% of its weight. how many pounds of fresh apple is needed to get 10 8/25 lbs of dried apple?

Total fresh apple needed = 12

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that, While drying apple loses 14% of its weight

To find the fresh apple needed

Let x be the total fresh apple needed.

Apple loses 14% of its weight. Final we need 10 8/25 lbs of dried apple

x - 14x/100 = 10 8/25

0.86x = 10 8/25

0.86x = 258/25 = 10.32

x = 12

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step-by-step explanation:

if x = 1, then the answer is 3.5