SOLUTION: A trip to the swimming pool was to cost a total of $900, but at the last minute it was changed to the museum. As a result , 25 students decided not to go, and so the price had to
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Question 1026402: A trip to the swimming pool was to cost a total of $900, but at the last minute it was changed to the museum. As a result , 25 students decided not to go, and so the price had to be raised to $ 3.27 per student. how many students went on the trip ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assign a variable.
p students DID go on the trip to the museum.
That means p+25 students planned to go when the planned trip was for the swimming pool. Either way, the cost for both was 900 dollars each.
That "each", meaning "EACH TRIP".
What were the PRICES for one student?
Swimming pool trip, .
Museum trip, .
...
There is a little bit more and then solving an equation.
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