There are 60 yellow eggs and 48 blue eggs. Farmer Phil sells 36 eggs. Calculate the number of remaining eggs.
A
66
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B
72
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C
62
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D
76
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Solution
The correct option is B 72 Total number of eggs = Number of yellow eggs + Number of blue eggs
i.e., Number of eggs sold by farmer Phil = 36
Remaining eggs = Total number of eggs - Number of eggs sold
i.e.,
Therefore, 72 eggs are remaining.