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On Monday Farmer Tom collected 6 times as many eggs as Farmer Jack. On Tuesday, Farmer Tom sold 425 eggs. Farmer Jack then had three times as many eggs as Farmer Tom. How many eggs did farmer Jack have?

a.150
b.175
c.125
d.25
e.75

Answer 1

75

Explanation:

Let farmar jack collected x eggs, then farmar Tom collect 6x eggs

farmar Tom sold 425 eggs, so he left with 6x-425 eggs, now farmar jack has 3 times of what farmar Tom has, so

3(6x-425)=x

or, x=75

so farmar jack had 75 eggs

Answered by GAUTHMATH