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Question 1075575: A man buys a certain number of bolts for R40.
The following week the shop has a sale and each bolt costs 40c less.
At the new price he could have bought 5 bolts more
For the same amount of money.
How Many bolts did he buy?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Regular Priced,
bought y bolts for R40.
y%2F40


New Sale Price
40c less per bolt; assuming one R is cut into "centi-R" and to count 40/100 R less;
y%2F40-40%2F100

y%2F40-2%2F5---the new sale price.


cost=price%2Aquantity
The man could have bought 5 more bolts.
highlight_green%28%28y%2F40-2%2F5%29%28y%2B5%29=40%29