SOLUTION: A number of people bought a 300-hectare farm which they shared equally. if the number of hectares per person was 5 less than their number,find the number of people?

Question 507794: A number of people bought a 300-hectare farm which they shared equally. if the number of hectares per person was 5 less than their number,find the number of people?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number of people be n.
"...the number of hectares per person () was 5 less than the number of persons (n-5)." Multiply both sides by n.
Subtract 300 from both sides and rearrange as:
Solve by factoring.
Apply the zero product rule.
or so that...
or Discard the negative solution as number of people can't be negative.
The number of people is 20.
Check:

OK

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