SOLUTION: Three boys want to Rent a speed boat And each boy is willing to pay One third of the Cost. They then calculate That each Of them would pay P7.20 less If they could find Two more bo

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Question 1146935: Three boys want to Rent a speed boat And each boy is willing to pay One third of the Cost. They then calculate That each Of them would pay P7.20 less If they could find Two more boys to share The rent of the speed boat equally with them. What is the rent of the speed boat?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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Boat is one price no matter what each boy pays.

p, the amount the first three boys planned to pay
3p, the rent for the boat

3%2Ap=%283%2B2%29%28p-7.2%29
Solve for p.
Evaluate 3p.