SOLUTION: A grade 11 class, on a field trip to Montreal, had lunch in a restaurant. The bill came to $239.25. Four students had birthdays that day, and it was agreed that these four students
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Question 135103: A grade 11 class, on a field trip to Montreal, had lunch in a restaurant. The bill came to $239.25. Four students had birthdays that day, and it was agreed that these four students should not have to pay for lunch. The other students had to pay $1 more than if all the students had paid. How many students had lunch? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A grade 11 class, on a field trip to Montreal, had lunch in a restaurant. The bill came to $239.25. Four students had birthdays that day, and it was agreed that these four students should not have to pay for lunch. The other students had to pay $1 more than if all the students had paid. How many students had lunch?
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Let x = no. of students that had lunch
then
(x-4) = no. of students that paid
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Cost per student if all paid =
and
Cost per student that actually paid =
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If All paid cost + $1 = Actual paid cost + 1 =
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Multiply equation by x(x-4) to eliminate the denominators, results:
239.25(x-4) + x(x-4) = 239.25x
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239.25x - 957 + x^2 - 4x = 239.25x
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x^2 + 239.25x - 239.25x - 4x - 957 = 0: combine like terms on the left
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x^2 - 4x - 957 = 0; a quadratic equation
Factors to:
(x-33)(x+29) = 0
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x = +33 Students in the group (ignore the neg solution)
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Check solution by finding the costs: + 1 =
7.25 + 1 = 8.25
