If the shelled corn's initial weight is 1000 kilos and is dried from 24% to 14%, what would the final weight be?

To determine the final weight of the shelled corn after drying from 24% moisture content to 14% moisture content, a crucial first step is to calculate the weight of the dry matter in the corn.

Initially, the corn has 24% moisture, meaning that 76% of its weight is dry matter. To find the weight of the dry matter in the initial 1000 kg of corn, you can perform the following calculation:

1. Calculate the weight of dry matter at 24% moisture:
   • Dry matter = Initial weight × (1 - Moisture content)
   • Dry matter = 1000 kg × (1 - 0.24) = 1000 kg × 0.76 = 760 kg

Next, after drying the corn to 14% moisture content, we again want to find out what the final weight of the corn would be if it still contains the same amount of dry matter (760 kg).

2. To find the final weight at 14% moisture, we recognize that 14% of the final weight will be moisture, meaning that 86% will be dry matter.

We can set up the equation:

• Dry matter = Final weight × (1 - Final moisture