Question 1195452: Hi
in a market,the price of grades A eggs B eggs and C eggs are in the ratio 7:5:4 respectively.Nicole was given some money to buy 2 each of grades A & B eggs. If she spends just 75% of the money,she will be able to buy an equal number of grades B & C eggs. What ratio to the total amount of money will she spend if she chooses to buy only grade C eggs.
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Answer by ikleyn(52900)   (Show Source):
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in a market, the price of grades A eggs B eggs and C eggs are in the ratio 7:5:4 respectively.
Nicole was given some money to buy 2 each of grades A & B eggs.
If she spends just 75% of the money, she will be able to buy an equal number of grades B & C eggs.
What ratio to the total amount of money will she spend if she chooses to buy only grade C eggs.
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It is just a bad tradition at this forum to post crippled/damaged formulations.
This time, the formulation is damaged, because the question does not tell,
HOW MANY grad C eggs does Nicole really buy.
I will assume that the question states that she buys 4 grade C eggs
(to support total number of eggs unchangeable: 2 + 2 = 4 eggs).
The prices of eggs are 7x (grade A), 5x (grade B), and 4x (grade C).
So, if Nicole buys 2 each of grades A and B, then the total money she spends is 2*(7x+5x) = 2*12x = 24x.
If Nicole buys 4 eggs of grade C, then she spends 4*(4x) = 16x money.
The problem asks about the ratio 16x to 24x. It is easy to calculate  =  =  .
ANSWER. With the given corrections and interpretation, the sough ratio is .
Solved.
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