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CBSE Class 7 Answered

a pollutory form produces 600 X every week and delivery them equally to 10 shops .The shopkeepers change rupees 5 for every good egg but they have to give 2 rupees to the customer if the egg comes out to be rotten. A shopkeeper could only on rupees 276 despite selling all the eggs.How many eggs were rotten?
Asked by jyoprashanth25 | 11 Mar, 2024, 05:19: PM
answered-by-expert Expert Answer

600 eggs were distributed equally among 10 shops.

Therefore, each shop gets 60 eggs.

Let the good eggs be x, Then rotten eggs = 60 - x

Now, cost for rooten egg = 5 - 2 = rs. 2

Therefore,

5x + 3(60 - x) = 276

5x + 180 - 3x = 276

2x = 96

x = 48 = good eggs

And, rotten eggs = 60 - 48 = 12

Answered by Rashmi Khot | 11 Mar, 2024, 06:54: PM
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