SOLUTION: A girl buy an egg at the rate of 12eggs for #60,8 of the egg were broken so she sold the remaining at the rate of 4eggs for #24 and made a profit of #12.How many did she buy?

Question 935352: A girl buy an egg at the rate of 12eggs for #60,8 of the egg were broken so she sold the remaining at the rate of 4eggs for #24 and made a profit of #12.How many did she buy?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She only bought one egg, AS GIVEN in your description. The rest made no sense.

Did she really buy a dozen eggs in which 8 eggs were broken?
She spent #60 to buy the 12 eggs. She had only 4 good eggs in the purchase. She sold the 4 good eggs for #24 as given. She LOST MONEY! You cannot call this any kind of positive profit. This is a loss of #36. The described "made a profit of #12" makes no sense.
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