Question

For most answers, you will simply enter your numeric answer directly into the space provided to the right of the equal sign. Answer the following question by typing the numeric answer into the answer box. If you have a gross of items, you have 144 items. If you buy a gross of eggs, how many dozen eggs do you have?Express your answer in dozens. Do not enter the units; they are provided to the right of the answer box.

Answer 1

Answer: The number of dozen of eggs are 12

Explanation:

We are given:

Total number of item = 144

This is equal to 1 gross of iems

Converting the given items into dozens, we use the conversion factor:

1 dozen = 12 items

Converting the items, we get:

$\Rightarrow 144\text{ items}\times (\frac{1\text{ dozen}}{12\text{ items}})=12\text{ dozens}$

Hence, the number of dozen of eggs are 12