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Final answer:
The answer explains how to determine the total number of eggs Ed looked at based on the percentage of cracked eggs found.
Explanation:
Question: Ed found 3 eggs were cracked. If 15% of the eggs he looked at were cracked, how many total eggs did Ed look at?
Answer:
Let the total number of eggs Ed looked at be x.
Since 15% of the eggs were cracked, 15% of x equals 3 cracked eggs.
Setting up the equation: 0.15x = 3. Solving, x = 20. Thus, Ed looked at a total of 20 eggs.
Ed found that 15% of the eggs he looked at were cracked and he identified 3 cracked eggs. To find the total number of eggs Ed looked at, let's denote the total number as x. Since 15% of x equals 3, we can set up the equation 0.15x = 3. Solving for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.15, which gives us x = 3 / 0.15. Therefore, x = 20, meaning Ed looked at a total of 20 eggs.
Answer: 18 eggs
Step-by-step explanation:
100 / 15 = 6.6667
round to lower whole number = 6
3 goes into 18 6 times
