SOLUTION: 300 apples r distributed equally among a certain no of stdudents had there been 10 more students each would have recd 1 apple less find number of students.
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Question 693290: 300 apples r distributed equally among a certain no of stdudents had there been 10 more students each would have recd 1 apple less find number of students. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 300 apples r distributed equally among a certain no of stdudents had there been 10 more students each would have recd 1 apple less find number of students.
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Let the original # of students be "x";
300/x = k
300/(x+10) = k-1
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Substitute for "k" and solve for "x":
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300/(x+10) = (300/x)-1
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300/(x+10) = (300-x)/x
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300x = 300x-x^2+3000-10x
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-x^2-10x+3000 = 0
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Positive solution:
x = 50 (original # of students)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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