document.write( "Question 1153556: Several friends decided to equally share the $525 cost of the set of cookware for a wedding gift. However, before the wedding, 6 more friends joined the others in giving the couple the cookwares. This lowered the contribution of each person by $10. How many friends originally agreed to share of the cost of the cookware? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Multiply both sides by n+6 and n, and simplify:
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document.write( "Discard negative solution,  \r
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document.write( "Check:\r
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document.write( "525/15 = 35  and  525/(15+6) = 525/21 = 25,  the difference is 10 so this checks out ok.
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