document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=340878>Question 340878</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A social club charters a plane at a cost of \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to take a group of members on an excursion to Atlantic City. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At the last minute, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       people in the group decide not to go. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This raises the transportation cost per person by \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      $24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many people originally intended to take the trip?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$34848 to take a group of members on an excursion to Atlantic City. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At the last minute, 11 people in the group decide not to go. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This raises the transportation cost per person by <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many people originally intended to take the trip?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let original number be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Average cost for the original number was 34848/x dollars.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "New number of people is \"x-11\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Average cost for the new number is 34848/(x-11) dollars.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "new average - old average = 24 dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "34848/(x-11) - 34848/x) = 24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "34848x - 34848(x-11) = 24x(x-11)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "+11*34848 = 24x^2-264x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24x^2-264x-11*34848 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 132<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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