a farmer took a basket of eggs to town.he sold 1/3 of the eggs at one store.then he sold 2/3 of the remaining in another store.then he found that he has two dozens eggs left.how many eggs did he have at the beaginning?

• let the total number of eggs =x
  no.of eggs sold at first store=1/3 x
  no.of eggs left=x-1/3x=2/3x
  no.of eggs sold at the other store=2/3 * 2/3x=4/9x
  eggs left=2/3x-4/9x=2 dozen
  =2/9x=24
  = x=24*9/2
  x=108
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• 2x/3 * 1/3 = 24
  x = 108
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• If he had x eggs in begining, then
  x-x/3 - 4x/9 =24
  
  solving it, x=108.
  
  check
  he sold 36 eggs in first store and left with 72 eggs.
  he sold 72*2/3= 48 eggs in next store and left with 24 eggs ( 2 dozen).
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• let initial eggs be xthen after first sold it wlill remains as x-x/3=2x/3.after that left eggs are 2x/3-2x/3*2/3=2x/9.given that 2x/9=24 so x=12*9 means 9 dozens
  
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