SOLUTION: A farm has chickens that lay only white and brown eggs. On a certain day, the chickens lay a total of 750 eggs in which the ration of white eggs to brown eggs is 7:3. If the rati

Question 926189: A farm has chickens that lay only white and brown eggs. On a certain day, the chickens lay a total of 750 eggs in which the ration of white eggs to brown eggs is 7:3. If the ratio of white to brown eggs is to be changed to 3:4 by adding only brown eggs, how many brown eggs must be added?
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A farm has chickens that lay only white and brown eggs. On a certain day, the chickens lay a total of 750 eggs in which the ration of white eggs to brown eggs is 7:3. If the ratio of white to brown eggs is to be changed to 3:4 by adding only brown eggs, how many brown eggs must be added?



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