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Farmer brown, also known as "the egg man" buys a bunch of fast-egg-laying chickens. He figures once they lay a total of 250 eggs he will have earned enough money to pay the chickens. They have now laid 210 eggs. What percentage of the total do the chickens still need to lay for Farmer brown to get his money's worth?

User Gadoma
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Answer:

40 eggs

Explanation:

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User Ademola Adegbuyi
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Answer: 16% of eggs are left to be laid

Solving our equation for P
P% = Y/X
P% = 210/250
p = 0.84

Convert decimal to percent:
P% = 0.84 * 100 = 84%

100-84=16
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