Question

From the basket full of eggs, 20 % of the eggs broke and 25% of the eggs

were reserved for the guests. The remaining 22 eggs were consumed by the
family members. How many eggs were there in the basket? How many broke
and how many were kept for the guests?

Answer 1

Explanation:

20% of the eggs broke....25% were reserved for the guests....thats 45%

the remaining 22 eggs were consumed by family members...

so if 45% consisted of broken eggs and reserved eggs, then 55% were consumed by family members....and there were 22 eggs consumed by family.

so 55% of all the eggs = 22 eggs

0.55x = 22

x = 22 / 0.55

x = 40 eggs in the basket

20% of the eggs broke......20% of 40 = 0.20(40) = 8 eggs broke

25% were reserved.....25% of 40 = 0.25(40) = 10 eggs reserved