SOLUTION: The cost of hiring a bus for an outing was $240 and this was to be shared equally by X people. On the day of the trip,4 people were unable to go. The remaining people had to sha
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Question 971972: The cost of hiring a bus for an outing was $240 and this was to be shared equally by X people. On the day of the trip,4 people were unable to go. The remaining people had to share the cost of the hiring the bus instead, so that each person had to pay an extra $2.
Form an equation in x and solve it to find the amount that each person had to pay originally.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Original price per person, dollars per person.
Four fewer people actually went on the trip, X-4 being how many shared the trip cost.
New price per person, dollars per person.
The new price is 2 dollars more than before:
That is the equation to solve. Solve for X first, the number of people who ORIGINALLY planned to go on the trip.
Once calculated, evaluate being the original price per person.
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