SOLUTION: . The members of a flying club plan to share
equally the cost of a $200,000 airplane. The members
want to find five more people to join the club so that the
cost per person will
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Question 401331: . The members of a flying club plan to share
equally the cost of a $200,000 airplane. The members
want to find five more people to join the club so that the
cost per person will decrease by $2000. How many members
are currently in the club?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The members of a flying club plan to share
equally the cost of a $200,000 airplane. The members
want to find five more people to join the club so that the
cost per person will decrease by $2000. How many members
are currently in the club?
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Original # of members is "x".
Average cost = 200,000/x
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New # of members is "x+5".
Average cost = 200,000,(x+5).
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Equation:
old average - new average = 2000
200,000/x - 200,000/(x+5) = 2000
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Divide thru by 2000 to get:
100/x - 100/(x+5) = 1
Multiply thru by x(x+5) to get:
100(x+5) - 100x = x (x+5)
500 = x^2+5x
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x^2+5x-500 = 0
(x+25)(x-20) = 0
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Positive solution:
x = 20 (original # of members)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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