SOLUTION: A college charters a bus for $1700 to take a group to a museum. When six more students join the trip, the cost per student drops by $7.50. How many students are in the original gro
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Question 647079: A college charters a bus for $1700 to take a group to a museum. When six more students join the trip, the cost per student drops by $7.50. How many students are in the original group?
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A college charters a bus for $1700 to take a group to a museum.
When six more students join the trip, the cost per student drops by $7.50.
How many students are in the original group?
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Let n = number to students in the original group
then
= the original cost
:
(n+6) = no. when six more students join
and
= the cost when six more join
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Original cost - six more cost = 7.50
- = 7.50
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multiply by n(n+6), results:
1700(n+6) - 1700n = 7.5n(n+6)
1700n + 10200 - 1700n = 7.5n^2 + 45n
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Combine as a quadratic equation
7.5n^2 + 45n - 10200 = 0
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simplify, divide thru by 7.5
n^2 + 6n - 1360 = 0
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You can use the quadratic formula, but this will factor to:
(n+40)(n-34) = 0
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the positive solution
n = 34 original students
:
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Check this, find the actual cost for each scenario
1700/34 = $50.00
1700/40 = $42.50, a $7.50 difference
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