document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=391939>Question 391939</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To calculate a colleague's graduation, the m workers in an office agreed to contribute equally to a catered lunch that costs a total of y dollars. If p of the coworkers fail to contribute, which of the following represents the additional amount, in dollars that each of the remaining coworkers must contribute to pay for the lunch?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A: y/m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B: y/(m-p)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C: (py)/(m-p)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D: (y(m-p))/m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E: (py)/(m(m-p))<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If all the workers contributed, each would contribute y/m dollars.  But since P of the coworkers failed to contribute, then each of the remaining coworkers contributed y/(m-p) dollars.  So we have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(y/(m-p))-y/m)=the additional amount that each would have contribute<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Simplifying we get: (multiply numerator and denominator of each term by m(m-p)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(ym-y(m-p))/m(m-p)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ym-ym+yp/m(m-p)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "yp/m(m-p)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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