SOLUTION: Rui Feng has enough money to buy 24 apples.If the price of each apples is reduced by 5 cents, he will be able to buy an extra 6 apples with the same ammount of money. Find the orig
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Question 1120819: Rui Feng has enough money to buy 24 apples.If the price of each apples is reduced by 5 cents, he will be able to buy an extra 6 apples with the same ammount of money. Find the original price of each apples.
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Rui Feng has enough money to buy 24 apples.
If the price of each apples is reduced by 5 cents, he will be able to buy an extra 6 apples with the same amount of money.
Find the original price of each apples.
:
let a = the original price of the apples
"has enough money to buy 24 apples." therefore:
24a = the amt of money he has
:
six more means he can buy 30 apples
30(a-5) = 24a
30a - 150 = 24a
30a - 24a = 150
6a = 150
a = 150/6
a = 25 cents is the original price for each apple
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Check this. 24 * 25 = 600 cents or $6 the amt of money he has
find the no of apples he can buy for 20 cents (5 cents cheaper)
600/20 = 30 apples
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