CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Potatoes The Potato Paradox is a mathematical calculation that has a counter-intuitive result. The "paradox" involves dehydrating potatoes by a seemingly minuscule amount, and then calculating a change in mass which is larger than expected. This is not to be confused for the Potato-Effect, which is sometimes known as the Potato Paradox, and is actually an economical paradox that was discovered in the potato-famine in Ireland in the 1840s. [ 1 ] 1 Description 2 Explanation 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Description [ edit ] The paradox has been described as: You have 100 lbs of Martian potatoes, which are 99 percent water by weight. You let them dehydrate until they're 98 percent water. How much do they weigh now? The Universal Book of Mathematics states the p...