An egg salesman was asked how many eggs he had sold that day. He replied, "My first customer said, 'I'll buy half of your eggs plus half of an eggs.' My second and third customers made the same order as customer number one. When I had filled all three orders I was sold out and I did not have to break a single egg all day." How many eggs did the egg salesman start with?

b, i believe, but not sure.

step by step solution :

step   1   :

1.1     4 = 22

(4)3 = (22)3 = 26

equation at the end of step   1   :

  ((23) • 26)2

step   2   :

equation at the end of step   2   :

  (23 • 26)2

step   3   :

final result :

  218

ya

the answer is:

the correct option is the option b.

to calculate the surface area of the right cylinder, we need to use the following formula:

from the picture we know that:

so, substituting and calculting we have:

hence, we have that the correct option is the option b.

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