SOLUTION: a fraternity charters a bus for a trip at a cost of 360 when 6 more students join the trip each person's cost decreases by 2. how many students were in the original group
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Question 442394: a fraternity charters a bus for a trip at a cost of 360 when 6 more students join the trip each person's cost decreases by 2. how many students were in the original group
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of students in original group
The cost per person of the original group was
Multiply both sides by
Use the quadratic formula
(disregard negative square root)
There were 30 students in the original group
check:
OK
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