Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Agricultural Science Question 15
Practice objective / multiple choice question 15 from the 2020 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
A farmer harvests 5 tonnes of tomatoes whose initial moisture content is 95 % (wet basis). The farmer wants to dry the tomatoes to a final moisture content of 85 % for storage. The drying process removes water at a constant rate of 2 % of the initial wet weight each day. However, each day of drying also causes a 0.5 % loss of the remaining dry matter due to enzymatic degradation. Determine the minimum whole number of days required to reach the target moisture content, and state the final weight of the dried tomatoes (in kilograms, to one decimal place) after accounting for both water loss and dry‑matter loss.
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This is Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Agricultural Science Question 15. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
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