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.