A Puzzle of The Deal in Eggs

A man went recently into a dairyman’s shop to buy eggs.

He wanted them of various qualities.

The salesman had new-laid eggs at the high price of fivepence each, fresh eggs at one penny each, eggs at a halfpenny each, and eggs for electioneering purposes at a greatly reduced figure, but as there was no election on at the time the buyer had no use for the last.

However, he bought some of each of the three other kinds and obtained exactly one hundred eggs for eight and fourpence.

Now, as he brought away exactly the same number of eggs of two of the three qualities, it is an interesting puzzle to determine just how many he bought at each price.

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