Question

From a basket of eggs, 20 % of eggs broke and 25 % were reserved for making desserts. The remaining 11 were consumed by family members. How many eggs were there in the basket?​

Answer 1

Given: 20 % of eggs broke

         25 % were reserved for making desserts.

        11 were consumed by family members.

We have to find the total number of eggs that were actually there.

Let the total number of eggs be '$x$'

So, according to the condition

20% × $x$  + 25% × $x$  + 11 = $x$

$0.2x + 0.25x + 11 = x\\0.45x + 11 = x\\11 = x - 0.45 x\\11 = 0.55x\\x=\frac{11}{0.55}\\x= 20$

So, initially, there were 20 eggs.