document.write( "Question 1153420: Mwikali planned to spend sh. 16,800 to buy a number of bags of maize. When she went to the market she discovered that the price of maize had increased by sh. 200 per bag. She could now afford to buy two bags less than she had planned to buy with the same amount of money.
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Plan was to buy b bags of maize.
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document.write( "PLAN             p                 b              16800\r\n" );
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document.write( "DONE            p+200             b-2             16800\r\n" );
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document.write( "                PRICE            QUANTITY         COST \r\n" );
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document.write( "PLAN             p                 16800/p        16800\r\n" );
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document.write( "DONE            p+200           16800/(p+200)     16800\r\n" );
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document.write( "DIFFERENCE                         2\r\n" );
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