document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=202167>Question 202167</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Business club members at USIU decide to chatter a bus at a cost of $900 for a trip to the Kenya National Archives.At the last minute, five people decide not to go.This raises the transport cost per person by $2.How many people originally intended to take the trip?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the original number of group be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      Number of final group be x-5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Charge per person originally  $900/x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Charge per  person finally   $900/x-5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "charge per person orignally - $2 = Charge per person finally\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   900/x - 2x(x-5) = 900/x-5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "900(x-5)- 2xx + 10x =900x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "900x - 4500 - 2xx + 10x = 900x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  2xx + 10x - 4500 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=900%2F%28x-5%29+-+900%2Fx+=+2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"900%2F%28x-5%29+-+900%2Fx+=+2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > difference is $2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the cost ,x, must be positive, the only answer option is x=50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Verify your answer, is 900/50 2 dollars less than 900/45???\r<BR>\n" );
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