A market woman buys N eggs at the rate of 12eggs for 60.8naira.8 of the eggs wer broken,so she sold the remaining at the rate of 4 eggs for 24naira and make a profit of 12naira.How many eggs did she buy.
My answer is 60
60
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I got 60 and also 60.8 is an error
To find out how many eggs the market woman bought, we need to follow a step-by-step approach.
First, let's calculate the cost per egg. The market woman bought N eggs at the rate of 12 eggs for 60.8 naira. Therefore, the cost per egg is given by:
Cost per egg = Total cost / Number of eggs
Cost per egg = 60.8 naira / 12 eggs
Cost per egg = 5.07 naira/egg
Next, let's calculate the total cost of the eggs she bought. If she bought N eggs, the total cost would be:
Total cost = Cost per egg * Number of eggs
Total cost = 5.07 naira/egg * N eggs
Total cost = 5.07N naira
Now, let's calculate the revenue from selling the remaining eggs. The market woman sold the remaining eggs at the rate of 4 eggs for 24 naira, which means the selling price per egg is:
Selling price per egg = Total revenue / Number of eggs sold
Selling price per egg = 24 naira / 4 eggs
Selling price per egg = 6 naira/egg
Since she made a profit of 12 naira, the total revenue can be calculated as:
Total revenue = Total cost + Profit
Total revenue = 5.07N naira + 12 naira
Total revenue = 5.07N + 12 naira
Now, using the selling price per egg, we can obtain the number of eggs sold:
Number of eggs sold = Total revenue / Selling price per egg
Number of eggs sold = (5.07N + 12) naira / 6 naira/egg
Number of eggs sold = (5.07N + 12) / 6 eggs
We know that 8 eggs were broken, so the number of eggs sold would be equal to the total number of eggs bought minus 8:
Number of eggs sold = Number of eggs bought - 8
Setting both equations equal to each other, we can solve for N, the number of eggs bought:
(5.07N + 12) / 6 = N - 8
Solving this equation will give us the value of N, which represents the number of eggs the market woman bought.
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60.8 is a typo .of so fix it up
cost: 60.8/12 * N
revenue: (N-8) * 24/4
profit = revenue-cost, so
6(N-8) - 60.8/12 N = 12
Now just solve for N.
I suspect that the 60.8 is a typo. If so, fix it up.