SOLUTION: The social club charters a plane at a cost of $34848 to take a group of people to Atlanta. At the last minute 11 people from the group decide not to go. This raises the transportat
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Question 180262: The social club charters a plane at a cost of $34848 to take a group of people to Atlanta. At the last minute 11 people from the group decide not to go. This raises the transportation cost per person by $24. How many people were originally intended to take the trip?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of people chartered originally
given:
= cost per person originally
= cost per person after 11 people cancel
Multiply both sides by
The other solution for is negative & can't be used
132 people originally intended to take the trip
check answer:
OK
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