SOLUTION: A group of ten persons were planning to contribute equal amounts of money to buy some pizza. After the pizza was ordered, one person left. Each of the other nine persons had to pay
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Question 860264: A group of ten persons were planning to contribute equal amounts of money to buy some pizza. After the pizza was ordered, one person left. Each of the other nine persons had to pay 60 cents extra as a result. How much was the total bill?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the total bill
= what each one would have paid with 10 people
= what each one paid after one left
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Multiply both sides by
The bill was $54
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check:
OK
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