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A shopkeeper has certain number of eggs of which 5% are found to be broken. He sells 93% of the remainder and still has...
A shopkeeper has certain number of eggs of which 5% are found to be broken. He sells 93% of the remainder and still has 266 eggs left. How many eggs did he originally have ?
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None of these
B
3600
C
3800
D
4000
E
4200
A
None of these
B
3600
C
3800
D
4000
E
4200
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Let, the number of eggs with the shopkeeper be = N5% are spoiled, so remainder eggs = (0.95)NEggs left with him after...
Let, the number of eggs with the shopkeeper be = N5% are spoiled, so remainder eggs = (0.95)NEggs left with him after selling 93% of remainder eggs is= (1 − 0.93) × (0.95)N= (0.07) × (0.95)N = (0.0665)NGiven, he was left with = 266Therefore, (0.0665)N = 266N = 266/0.0665N = 4000
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