Matthew has 2 dozen eggs. He uses 34 of the first dozen and 56of the second dozen for baking.

How many eggs were left over?

Responses

512​ dozen eggs
5 over 12 ​ dozen eggs

23 dozen eggs
2 thirds dozen eggs

56 dozen eggs
5 over 6 dozen eggs

1112 dozen eggsMatthew has 2 dozen eggs. He uses 34 of the first dozen and 56of the second dozen for baking.

How many eggs were left over?

Responses

512​ dozen eggs
5 over 12 ​ dozen eggs

23 dozen eggs
2 thirds dozen eggs

56 dozen eggs
5 over 6 dozen eggs

1112 dozen eggs

1 answer

To solve the problem, we first need to determine how many eggs Matthew used in total from the two dozen eggs he had.

  1. He has 2 dozen eggs, which is equal to \(2 \times 12 = 24\) eggs.
  2. He used 34 eggs from the first dozen and 56 eggs from the second dozen.

Adding the eggs he used:

  • From the first dozen: 12 eggs (since a dozen is 12) and he used 34 from the total of 24 eggs. There's a mistake because he cannot use more eggs than he has. He actually used all 12 eggs from the first dozen.
  • From the second dozen: 56 eggs.

So the calculation becomes:

  • Used eggs from the first dozen: 12 (all of them)
  • Used eggs from the second dozen: 56

Total eggs used: \[ 12 + 12 = 24 \text{ eggs} \]

But he only has 24 eggs total, and since he attempted to use 34 from the first dozen, we recognize he cannot. Thus:

  1. Maximum usable: \[ 12 + 12 = 24 \] So he used all of the eggs, which means there are 0 eggs left.

Since he used all the eggs, and to clarify the excess input:

  • Total eggs left: \[ 0 \text{ eggs} \]

So to answer your question directly, Matthew has 0 eggs left after baking. None of the provided options correspond to this answer.