SOLUTION: A science club charters a bus to attend a science fair at a cost of $440. To lower the bus fare per person, the club invites nonmembers to go along. When 4 nonmembers join the trip

Question 1114559: A science club charters a bus to attend a science fair at a cost of $440. To lower the bus fare per person, the club invites nonmembers to go along. When 4 nonmembers join the trip, the fare per person is decreased by $1. How many people are going to the science fair?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p, the number of members who are going to the fair.
p+4, the total number of members plus nonmembers going to the fair.

Original Price,

New Price,

Decrease in PRICE was $1.

Solve this for p.
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