Question

5. A shopkeeper bought some eggs at 15 cents
each. Six of them were broken while the rest
were sold at 20 cents each. If he made a profit
of $4.80, find how many eggs he bought.​

Answer 1

Answer:

In the given problem it is already stated that the cost of each eggs is 15 cent. Out the total eggs bought 6 were broken. The rest of the eggs were sold for 20 cents each and the profit made was $4.80.

Cost of the 6 broken eggs = (6 * 0.15)

                                          = 0.9 cents

Let us assume that the number of eggs bought = x

Then we can write the equation as

0.2x - (0.15x - 0.9) = 4.80

0.2x - 0.15x + 0.9 = 4.80

0.05x = 4.80 - 0.9

0.05x = 3.9

x = 3.9/0.05

  = 78

So the number of eggs bought by him is 78

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