You have 105 cowry shells. If a dozen eggs (12 eggs) cost 10 cowry shells, how many eggs can you purchase?

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(1 point)
Responses

12 dozen
12 dozen

8 dozen
8 dozen

10 dozen
10 dozen

5 dozen

Answer 1

To determine how many eggs you can purchase with 105 cowry shells, we first need to calculate how many dozens of eggs that amount can buy.

Given that a dozen eggs costs 10 cowry shells, we can find out how many dozens of eggs you can buy with 105 cowry shells:

1. Calculate the number of dozens: \[ \text{Number of dozens} = \frac{\text{Total cowry shells}}{\text{Cost per dozen}} = \frac{105 \text{ cowry shells}}{10 \text{ cowry shells/dozen}} = 10.5 \text{ dozens} \]

Since you cannot purchase half a dozen in whole terms, you will be able to purchase 10 dozens.

So, the answer is 10 dozen.