Question

lea and chris were collecting eggs from their hen house. when they finished, chris had twice as many eggs as lea. on the way to the house, however, they got to laughing. chris dropped 6 of his eggs and lea dropped 2 of hers, and then they had the same number. how many eggs did lea start with?

Answer 1

If they have the same amount after they dropped some eggs, I assume Lea would have started with 4 eggs, and Chris with 8, Because he had twice the amount that lea had.
So if Chris dropped 6 he would have 2 eggs left, and if lea dropped 2, she would also have 2 eggs left
Hope that helped.

Answer 2

Lea starts with 4 eggs.

Explanation:

Let Chris's eggs = C, and Lea's eggs = L

Chris had twice as many eggs as Lea

C = 2L --------(1)

Chris dropped 6 eggs and Lea dropped 2 of hers, and then they had the same number of eggs.

C - 6 = L - 2 ----------(2)

Now we have two equations to be solve.

C - 6 = L - 2

2L - 6 = L - 2

L = 4 and Chris had twice as many as Lea, so

C = 8

Lea starts with 4 eggs.