If 3 friends divide eggs from a bag equally, after each of them eat 4 eggs, the remaining egg is 1/3 of total eggs.

Question

If three friends divide eggs from a bag equally. After each of them eat 4 eggs, the total number of eggs remaining with them, is equal to 1/3 of total eggs. Find the original number of total eggs.

Answer 1

Original no. of eggs = 18...

 let original no. of eggs be x...

x- 3*4 = x/3
=> x-x/3 =12
=> 2x/3 = 12
=> x= 18...

Answer 2

18 Eggs.

As all eat 4 eggs, means total eggs eaten is 12 eggs

& they are left with 1/3 of total eggs. means 2/3 of total eggs eaten

Thus they had 18 eggs.

Answer 3

Let x = original number of eggs
Each friend gets 1/3 x eggs
Each friend eats 4 eggs
Therefore, ( 1/3 x - 4) * 3 = 1/3 x
Solving the equation, X = 18 eggs