SOLUTION: a grade 11 class group collects R200 to buy pies for all learners in the class.on the day they decide to buy the pies 5 learners are absent.They decide to buy the expensive pie tha

Question 726688: a grade 11 class group collects R200 to buy pies for all learners in the class.on the day they decide to buy the pies 5 learners are absent.They decide to buy the expensive pie that cost. R2 more.How many learnets are there in the original class group?
Answer by tanjo3(60) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number of learners in the original class.
Then (200/x) is the original cost of the pie.

∴ x=25, x=-20, though the negative answer does not make sense
∴ There are 25 learners in the original group.
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