Small potatoes.

[thomasblair]

You have 100 pounds of potatoes that are 99 percent water. After being left in the sun for a few days, the water content drops to 98 percent. How many pounds of potatoes do you now have?

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[fractal_empire]

98.9898989898?

[thomasblair]

There is one pound of potato "particles" in the original batch and only the water evaporates.

50 pounds.

[thomasblair]

The original batch is 1 pound of potato essence. The evaporated batch is 1 pound of potato essence and 1 pound of potato essence is 2 percent (100% - 98% water) of 50 pounds.