Question

The egg and I breakfast restaurant serves omelets made with either two or three eggs yesterday the restaurant made twice as many three egg omelets as two egg omelets if the restaurant made 72 omelets yesterday how many three egg omelets did they make

Answer 1

The restaurant made 48 three-egg omelets.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's say the number of two-egg omelets made is x. Since the restaurant made twice as many three-egg omelets as two-egg omelets, the number of three-egg omelets made is 2x.

Given that the total number of omelets made is 72, we can set up the equation: x + 2x = 72

Simplifying the equation, we get 3x = 72

Dividing both sides of the equation by 3, we find x = 24. Therefore, the number of three-egg omelets made is 2x = 2(24) = 48.

Answer 2

Let x represent the 2 egg omelets an y = the 3 egg omelets.

x + y = 72. Total omelets made
y = 2x

Substitute and solve for x

x + 2x = 72
3x = 72
x = 24

y = 2(24) = 48

24. Two egg omelets
48. Three egg omelets