SOLUTION: 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

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Question 1137544: 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?
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x men pay 15p each for the boat; the total cost is 15x.

(x+2) men would have paid 10p each for the boat; the total cost would have been 10(x+2).

The cost is the same in both cases:

15x+=+10%28x%2B2%29

Solve using basic algebra....