document.write( "Question 943507: In a certain office, 240 reams of bond paper were to be used in printing to be divided equally among a certain number of divisions. If there had been four divisions more, each would have received 4/5 as many. How many divisions are there? ( answer is 16 - show your solution ) \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #575205 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+n+\"$ = the number of divisions
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%28+4%2F5+%29%2A%28+240%2Fn+%29+=+240+%2F+%28+n+%2B+4+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4%2A%28+240%2Fn+%29+=+5%2A240+%2F+%28+n+%2B+4+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+960%2Fn+=+1200+%2F+%28+n+%2B+4+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+960%2A%28+n+%2B+4+%29+=+1200n+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+960n+%2B+3840+=+1200n+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+240n+=+3840+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+n+=+16+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "There are 16 divisions
\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%28+4%2F5+%29%2A%28+240%2Fn+%29+=+240+%2F+%28+n+%2B+4+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%28+4%2F5+%29%2A%28+240%2F16+%29+=+240+%2F+20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+960+%2F+80+=+120+%2F+10+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+12+=+12+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "OK
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