SOLUTION: Hello! I just need some help on solving this one problem since I can be barely sure of the answer that I got. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The question is: A sum of $800

Question 284284: Hello! I just need some help on solving this one problem since I can be barely sure of the answer that I got. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The question is:
A sum of $800 was divided equally among a certain number of children. If there had been four more children, each would have received only 3/5 as much. How many children were there?
Thanks! :)
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
amount = $800
let the number of children be x
each gets 800/x
800/ x+4 = 3/5 *800/x
800/ x+4 = 2400 /5x
800*5x=2400(x+4)
4000x= 2400x+9600
1600x=9600
x= 9600/1600
x=6 the number of children

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