document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1137544>Question 1137544</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Some men agree to pay equally for the use of a boat and each pays 15p.If there had been two more men in the party.each would have paid 10p.How many men there were and how my h was the hire if the boat? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x men pay 15p each for the boat; the total cost is 15x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+2) men would have paid 10p each for the boat; the total cost would have been 10(x+2).<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cost is the same in both cases:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve using basic algebra.... </SPAN>\n" );
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