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

Question 26693: 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?
How in the world do you do this? lol HELP!
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Normal = x
When 5 students failed = x-5
Total = 500
Increased by 5 = +5

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

Facotr the quadratic equation:
(x+20)(x-25)
x=-20 and x= 25
Remove the negative. And:
Hence, the total number of students were 25.
Paul.

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