Answer :

Answer: 600 eggs

Step-by-step explanation:

Let total number of eggs be x.So, 3% of x were broken and there were 18 broken eggs. We can write this as: 0.03*x =18x=18/0.03x= 600 eggs (answer).

Total number of eggs in the bags are 600.

What is Percentage?

Percentage is a number or ratio that can be "expressed as a fraction of 100".

According to the question,

Percentage of broken eggs =  3%

Number of broken eggs = 3/100 = 0.03

To calculate the total number eggs,

[tex]\frac{3}{100}[/tex] (x) = 18

      x  = 1800/3

      x = 600.

Hence, the total number of eggs in bags are 600.

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