A farmer knows that every 50 eggs his chickens lay, only 45 will be marketable. If his

chickens lay 1000 eggs in a week, how many of them will be marketable?

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Xzavier Humphrey

Mathematics

6 February, 23:46

A farmer knows that every 50 eggs his chickens lay, only 45 will be marketable. If his

chickens lay 1000 eggs in a week, how many of them will be marketable?

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Jeremy Peters · Answer 1

900 eggs

Step-by-step explanation:

45/50 are marketable

divide the top and bottom by 5

9/10

Multiply this fraction by the 1000 eggs laid

9/10 * 1000

900 eggs will be marketable

A farmer knows that every 50 eggs his chickens lay, only 45 will be marketable. If hischickens lay 1000 eggs in a week, how many of them will be marketable?

A farmer knows that every 50 eggs his chickens lay, only 45 will be marketable. If his

chickens lay 1000 eggs in a week, how many of them will be marketable?