sixty girls were scheduled to paint some eggs for the schools annual charity fair.when 3 girls fell sick,the rest of the girls had to paint 8 more eggs each.how many eggs did they have to paint all together?
Let us assume the total number of eggs that each girl had to paint initially = x Total number of girls that were scheduled to paint the eggs = 60 Number of girls that feel sick = 3 The number of girls that were finally there for painting the eggs = 60 - 3 = 57 Then we can write the equation as 57(x + 8) = 60x 57x + 456 = 60x 60x - 57x = 456 3x = 456 x = 456/3 = 152 So it can be seen that each girl had to paint 152 eggs Then The total number of eggs the girls had to paint = 60 * 152 = 9120 So a total of 9120 eggs had to be painted by the girls.
