document.write( "Question 31221: My son has given me this problem to solve as a practice to a test.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #17883 by Paul(988) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let the normal amount off student be x
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If 10 students can't attend the expression will be: x-10
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document.write( "In quadratic formula, a=1, b=-10, c=-600
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document.write( "Remove the negative:
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document.write( "x=(10+50)/2
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document.write( "x=30
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document.write( "Hence, the total number of students attending was 30.
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