SOLUTION: A group of senior citizens charter a bus for a one-day excursion trip for Php150 per person. The charter company agrees to reduce the price of each ticket by 10 pesos for each ad

Question 1066906: A group of senior citizens charter a bus for a one-day excursion trip for Php150 per person. The charter company agrees to reduce the price of each ticket by 10 pesos for each additional passenger in excess of 20 who goes on the trip up to a maximum of 44 passengers ( the capacity of the bus). If the final bill from the charter company was Php 4,824, how much seniors went on the trip and how much did each pay?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not the whole solution; just some help...

The , "in excess of 20 who", indicates that the original cost is based on 20 senior citizens paying the Php 150 price, so original cost was to be .

Maybe you could figure out the rest of how this problem works.
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