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A man purchased 700eggs . He found that 20% of them were broken. How many eggs were broken?

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Given Total number of eggs=700
20% of egg are broken
r% of any number N is given by formula k=Nr/100
put N=700 and r=20 in this formula we will get broken eggs
So number of broken egg =70020/100
= 700/5
= 140
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140 eggs were broken

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