SOLUTION: Some students planned for a get-together. The budget for food was $500. Five of the students failed to come because of the distance and therefore the cost of food for each member i

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: Some students planned for a get-together. The budget for food was $500. Five of the students failed to come because of the distance and therefore the cost of food for each member increased by $5. How many students attended the get-together?
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Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the students.
EQUATION:

500[(x+5)-(x)]=5[(x)(x+5)]

Factor:
x=-25 x=20
Hence, 20 students attended.
Paul.
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