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Members of a boating club were assessed equally to raise $600 to pay for a new set of sails. When six more persons joined the club, the per member assessment was reduced by $5.00. What was the new size of the club?
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Let new size be M
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document.write( "Then original size = M - 6
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document.write( "Now, each member pays: , and originally, each member paid: 
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document.write( "We then get the following equation, which describes the per-member payment, now and before: 
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document.write( "600(M - 6) = 600M - 5M(M - 6) --------- Multiplying by LCD, M(M - 6)
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document.write( "(M - 30)(M + 24) = 0
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document.write( "M, or new size  =            OR         M = - 24 (ignore) \n" );
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