A shopkeeper has certain number of eggs of which 5 are found to be broken He sells 93 of the remaind...........

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A shopkeeper has certain number of eggs of which 5% are found to be broken. He sells 93% of the remainder and still has 266 eggs left. How many eggs did he originally have?

3800

4000

6.5

None of these

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Explanation:

Suppose the shopkeeper had x eggs, originally
Number of broken eggs = 5% of x
= x/50
Balance = x - x/20
= 19x/20
7% of 19x/20 = 266
x = 4,000
Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.