Percentage / Direct Proportion

[Muppet Rat]

The meat weighs ~190g. It contains 17% bone. I need to add more meat to reduce the bone to 10%. How much meat do I add?
I know this is simple stuff, but I've never been any good at percentages, sorry
TIA

 

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The meat weighs ~190g. It contains 17% bone. I need to add more meat to reduce the bone to 10%. How much meat do I add?
I know this is simple stuff, but I've never been any good at percentages, sorry
TIA

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[Steven G]

The meat weighs ~190g. It contains 17% bone. I need to add more meat to reduce the bone to 10%. How much meat do I add?
I know this is simple stuff, but I've never been any good at percentages, sorry
TIA

You need to add more meat--100% meat. So what will the total weight be now. What % is to be meat?

 

[stapel]

The meat weighs ~190g. It contains 17% bone. I need to add more meat to reduce the bone to 10%. How much meat do I add?

If the mix is 190 units and 17% of that is bone, then how many units are bone? (Hint: Multiply.) How many then are meat? (Hint: Subtract.)

If you want the bone to be 10% of the mix, then you need to add enough meat to get the meat to be 90% of the mix. Given the number of units which are bone, how many units of meat do you need to add? (Hint: Multiply the number of units in the 10% = 1/10 that is bone by 9 to get the amount in 9/10 = 90% which needs to be meat. Then subtract what you already have to find the amount needed.)

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[Ishuda]

The meat weighs ~190g. It contains 17% bone. I need to add more meat to reduce the bone to 10%. How much meat do I add?
I know this is simple stuff, but I've never been any good at percentages, sorry
TIA

334.339g (plus 22.371g more of bone)