SOLUTION: A certain deck of card contains r cards. After the cards are distributed evenly among s people, 8 cards are left over. In term of r and s, how many cards did each person received?

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Question 1096060: A certain deck of card contains r cards. After the cards are distributed evenly among s people, 8 cards are left over. In term of r and s, how many cards did each person received?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number of cards that the +s+ people get is
+r+-+8+
Each person gets +%28+r+-+8+%29+%2F+s+