document.write( "Question 849395: A group of fisherman charted a boat for 300 dollar. Two members of the group were unable to go o the trip and as a consequence, each of the others had pay 12.50 dollars more.How many shares did he sell?
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A group of fisherman charted a boat for 300 dollar. Two members of the group were unable to go o the trip and as a consequence, each of the others had pay 12.50 dollars more.How many shares did he sell?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let original # of sharer's be \"x\":
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\n" ); document.write( "Original share price = 300/x dollars
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\n" ); document.write( "New share price = 300/(x-2) dollars
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "300/x - 300/(x-2) = 12.50
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\n" ); document.write( "300(x-2) - 300x = 12.5x(x-2)
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\n" ); document.write( "12.5x^2 - 25x + 600 = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "x^2 - 2x + 48 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "(x-8)(x+6) = 0
\n" ); document.write( "Positive solution:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 8 (original # of shares)
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