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A farmer has 6 cartons of specialty eggs for sale. Each carton contains one dozen eggs. If 2/3 of the eggs are brown egg, what is the total number of brown eggs he has for sale. PLEASE SHOW WORK !!!!!!!!!

A farmer has 6 cartons of specialty eggs for sale. Each carton contains one dozen-example-1
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6*12= 72
72*(2/3)=48
The farmer has 48 brown eggs
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6 cartons of one dozen eggs. 1 dozen eggs = 12 eggs; so 12 (eggs) x 6 (cartons) = 72; so 72*2/3= 48 I hope you understand :-)
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