In the morning, one percent is solid matter, which is 1/100 x 200 kg, so that's 2 kg of solid matter.
In the evening, there is still 2 kg of solid matter, but that is two percent (1/50) of the total weight.
So the total weight is 50 x 2 kg = 100 kg.

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